Medieval Western philosophy

Sense perception is one of the classical themes in philosophy.

The interpretive literature in the history of political thought is now vast, complex and esoteric, posing as much a barrier to the understanding of the undergraduate student as it offers assistance.

Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy showcases the best scholarly research in this flourishing field.

This is the third of three volumes reprinting the collected papers on Islamic subjects by Richard M.

The Routledge Guidebook to Aquinas' Summa Theologiae introduces readers to a work which represents the pinnacle of medieval Western scholarship and which has inspired numerous commentaries, imitators, and opposing views.

The sequel to Duane Elgin's bestselling classic Voluntary Simplicity, which changed the lives of thousands and was called the "e;bible"e; of the simplicity movement by the Wall Street Journal, Promise Ahead looks beneath the headlines to reveal the deeper currents now changing our lives.

This is Volume IV of the selected works of Frances Yates.

Originally published in 1967 Medieval Minds looks at the Middle Ages as a period with changing attitudes towards mental health and its treatment.

The great Franciscan theologian St.

A new translation of Pico della Mirandola''s most famous work, with extensive notes and commentary.

The previous collection by Constant J.

The final two volumes in the CWE contain an edition and translation of Erasmus's poetry.

Ruth Glasner presents an illuminating reappraisal of Averroes' physics.

In 1625, Charles I inherited not only his father's crown, but also his desire to run the country without interference from Parliament.

Bernard Lonergan's theological writings have influenced religious scholars ever since the first publication in the 1940s of the series of five articles which make up Verbum: Word and Idea in Aquinas.

Sir Anthony Kenny continues his magisterial new history of Western philosophy with a fascinating guide through more than a millennium of thought from 400 AD onwards, charting the story of philosophy from the founders of Christian and Islamic thought through to the Renaissance.

This book is an insightful exploration of Aquinas''s views on how Christ could be both divine and human but still only be one person.

Although Erasmus is now accepted as a harbinger of liberal trends in mainstream Christian theology, the radical - even subversive - aspects of his work have received less attention.

Giordano Bruno's visit to Elizabethan England in the 1580s left its imprint on many fields of contemporary culture, ranging from the newly-developing science, the philosophy of knowledge and language, to the extraordinary flowering of Elizabethan poetry and drama.

The Philosophy of Religion is one result of the Early Modern Reformation movements, as competing theologies purported truth claims which were equal in strength and different in contents.

It is hard to think of two philosophers less alike than St.

Explores the meaning of life and nature of happiness through the lens of Thomas Aquinas''s classical treatise.

Treason and magic were first linked together during the reign of Edward II.

Ten leading scholars introduce all the important aspects of Aquinas'' thought.

Avicenna (Ibn Sina) greatly influenced later medieval thinking about the earth and the cosmos, not only in his own civilization, but also in Hebrew and Latin cultures.

A substantial revision of standard narratives of the trajectory of republican political theory.

Desiderius Erasmus was one of the most influential writers of his time and widely acclaimed as the principal Northern humanist.

This interdisciplinary study offers an interpretation of the major logical, philosophical/theological and poetic writings of Boethius, Abelard and Alan of Lille.

The Trinitarian Christology of St Thomas Aquinas brings to light the Trinitarian riches in Thomas Aquinas's Christology.

This book introduces students and interested readers to two thousand years of Jewish philosophy, from its earliest inception to the current era.

This guide to the most interesting work that has recently appeared on Aquinas reflects the revival of interest in his work.

Attacks nothing less than the currently prevailing world philosophy--humanism, which the author feels is exceedingly dangerous in its hidden assumptions.

The first of its kind, this essay collection offers an extensive examination of Spinoza''s relationship to medieval Jewish philosophy.

The articles in this collection focus on instruction - and writings arising from that instruction - in philosophy and the arts during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries with emphasis on Central Europe.

The Logic of Love in The Canterbury Tales argues that Geoffrey Chaucer's magnum opus draws inventively on the resources of late medieval logic to conceive of love as an "e;insoluble.

This volume explores the range of Montaigne''s philosophy and its social and intellectual contexts.

Why does a wine glass break when you drop it, whereas a steel goblet does not?

"e;More than any other living scholar of medieval philosophy, Gyula Klima has influenced the way we read and understand philosophical texts by showing how the questions they ask can be placed in a modern context without loss or distortion.

A historical and systematic introduction to what the medieval philospher and theologian Thomas Aquinas (1225-74) said about faith in the Trinity.

The final volume to be published in the acclaimed Routledge History of Philosophy series provides an authoritative and comprehensive survey and analysis of the key areas of late Greek and early Christian Philosophy.

This book provides an exhaustive overview of the ontology of relations.

"e;We can hear the universe!

Humanism and Religion in Early Modern Spain brings together twenty-five essays by renowned historian Terence O'Reilly.

This book provides the first analysis of the development of Erasmus’ historical methodology and its impact on Roman Catholic and Protestant theologians.