The Cambridge companion to medieval philosophy / edited by A.S. McGrade.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McGrade, Arthur Stephen, editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 405 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Philosophy, first published in 2003, takes its readers into one of the most exciting periods in the history of philosophy. It spans a millennium of thought extending from Augustine to Thomas Aquinas and beyond. It includes not only the thinkers of the Latin West but also the profound contributions of Islamic and Jewish thinkers such as Avicenna and Maimonides. Leading specialists examine what it was like to do philosophy in the cultures and institutions of the Middle Ages and engage all the areas in which medieval philosophy flourished, including language and logic, the study of God and being, natural philosophy, human nature, morality, and politics. The discussion is supplemented with chronological charts, biographies of the major thinkers, and a guide to the transmission and translation of medieval texts. The volume will be invaluable for all who are interested in the philosophical thought of this period.

Contents:

Medieval philosophy in context / Steven P. Marrone

Two medieval ideas: eternity and hierarchy / John Marenbon, D.E. Luscombe

Language and logic / E.J. Ashworth

Philosophy in Islam / Thérèse-Anne Druart

Jewish philosophy / Idit Dobbs-Weinstein

Metaphysics: God and being / Stephen P. Menn

Creation and nature / Edith Dudley Sylla

Natures: the problem of universals / Gyula Klima

Human nature / Robert Pasnau

The moral life / Bonnie Kent

Ultimate goods: happiness, friendship, and bliss / James McEvoy

Political philosophy / Annabel S. Brett

Medieval philosophy in later thought / P.J. FitzPatrick, John Haldane

Transmission and translation / Thomas Williams.

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ISBN:

9780511999932 (ebook)

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