Compendium of the study of philosophy / Roger Bacon ; edited and translated by Thomas S. Maloney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294, author.

Contributor:

Maloney, Thomas S., editor, translator.

Series:

Auctores Britannici Medii Aevi ; 32.

Auctores Britannici medii aevi ; 32

Standardized Title:

Compendium studii philosophiae

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Signification (Logic)--Early works to 1800.

Signification (Logic).

Theology--Early works to 1800.

Theology.

Genre:

Early works.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 307 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Published for the British Academy by the Oxford University Press, 2018.

Language Note:

Text in Latin with facing English translation ; Editor's introduction in English..

Summary:

"Shortly after composing his Opus maius, Opus minus, and Opus tertium (1267), Bacon felt the need once again to call attention to obstacles to the achievement of wisdom placed by the Church, academia, and civil society in the early 1270s. This he did in Part I of his Compendium of the Study of Philosophy. But his explorations in 1267 of the need for the study of languages needed, he thought, further attention. So Part II of this follow-up work renews that call with greater fervour and detail and yields a presentation of the rudiments of Greek and Hebrew, indicating how knowledge of these is needed to interpret the scriptures accurately and how many errors result from failure to recognise this. This new edition of Bacon's Compendium of the Study of Philosophy, with facing English translation, enables today's readers to engage with Bacon's philosophy. It provides a window on academic life in Oxford and Paris of the 1270s at an important time in the development of the universities of both cities.''-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-290) and index.

ISBN:

0197266347

9780197266342

OCLC:

1007034862