The legend of the Middle Ages : philosophical explorations of medieval Christianity, Judaism, and Islam / Rémi Brague, Lydia G. Cochrane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brague, Rémi, 1947- author.

Contributor:

Cochrane, Lydia G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Medieval.

Philosophy and religion--History--To 1500.

Philosophy and religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : University of Chicago Press, [2009]

Summary:

This volume presents a penetrating interview and sixteen essays that explore key intersections of medieval religion and philosophy. With characteristic erudition and insight, RémiBrague focuses less on individual Christian, Jewish, and Muslim thinkers than on their relationships with one another. Their disparate philosophical worlds, Brague shows, were grounded in different models of revelation that engendered divergent interpretations of the ancient Greek sources they held in common. So, despite striking similarities in their solutions for the philosophical problems they all faced, intellectuals in each theological tradition often viewed the others’ ideas with skepticism, if not disdain. Brague’s portrayal of this misunderstood age brings to life not only its philosophical and theological nuances, but also lessons for our own time.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Translator’s Note

Interview

PART I GENERALITIES

1. The Lessons of the Middle Ages

2. The Meaning and Value of Philosophy in the Three Medieval Cultures

3. Just How Is Islamic Philosophy Islamic?

PART II. COMMON THEMES

4. Is Physics Interesting? Some Responses from Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages

5. The Flesh: A Medieval Model of Subjectivity

6. The Denial of Humanity: On the Judgment “Those People Are Not Men” in Some Ancient and Medieval Texts

Part III. COMPARISONS

7. Three Muslim Views of the Christian City

8. The Jiha¯d of the Philosophers

PART IV. FILIATIONS

9. Inclusion and Digestion: Two Models of Cultural Appropriation, in Response to a Question of Hans- Georg Gadamer

10. The Interpreter: Refl ections on Arabic Translations

11. The Entry of Aristotle in Europe: The Arab Intermediary

12. The Extra- European Sources of Philosophic Europe

PART V. PRICKED BALLOONS

13. Some Mediterranean Myths

14. Was There Any Dialogue between Religions in the Middle Ages?

15. Geocentrism as the Humiliation of Man

16. Was Averroes a “Good Guy”?

Appendix: Original Texts

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-278) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780226797212

022679721X

OCLC:

1243310321