Medieval Philosophy: An IntroductionClassic introduction provides readers with insightful, accessible survey of major philosophical trends and thinkers of the Middle Ages — from the thought of Thomas Aquinas and the Averroists to Duns Scotus and William of Ockham. "A better conspectus of medieval philosophy than this would be difficult to conceive...a notable achievement." — The Tablet (London). |
Contents
ORIGINS AND CHARACTER OF MEDIEVAL | 9 |
THE PROBLEM | 25 |
THE GROWTH | 42 |
FRANCISCAN PHILO | 69 |
ST THOMAS AQUINAS | 84 |
THE AVERROISTS | 100 |
DUNS SCOTUS | 107 |
WILLIAM | 118 |
NICHOLAS | 153 |
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY | 166 |
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Abelard absolute analytic proposition Anselm Aquinas argument Aristotelian Aristotle Aristotle's Augustine Augustinian Averroes Averroists Avicenna Bonaventure cause certainly Christian Church concepts course creatures distinction divine illumination doctrine Dominican Eckhart emperor empirical essence eternal example experience fact faculty of arts faith finite things fourteenth century Franciscan God's existence Greek human mind human positive important individual thing infinite influence intellect John of Mirecourt John Scotus knowledge language logical Marsilius matter mean medieval philosophy metaphysical metaphysician Middle Ages moral law movement natural law Neo-platonic Nicholas Nicholas of Autrecourt Ockhamists perfection philo Plato political pope position possess predicate principle problems propositions reason regard scholastic Scotus's sense Siger of Brabant simply Socrates sophers sophy soul speaking species spiritual statement substance temporal theologians theology and philosophy theory thinkers thirteenth century Thomas Thomas's thought tion traditional translation truth university of Paris William of Ockham word writings