Cambridge Companion to Medieval Philosophy

Informationen zum Autor A. S. McGrade is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut. Zusammenfassung This volume! first published in 2003! 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. Supplementary material includes chronological charts and biographies of the major thinkers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Abbreviations and forms of reference; Introduction A. S. McGrade; 1. Medieval philosophy in context Steven P. Marrone; 2. Two distinctive medieval ideas: eternity and hierarchy John Marenbon and D. E. Luscombe; 3. Language and logic E. J. Ashworth; 4. Philosophy in Islam Therese-Anne Druart; 5. Jewish philosophy Idit Dobbs-Weinstein; 6. Metaphysics: God and being Stephen P. Menn; 7. Creation and nature Edith Dudley Sylla; 8. Natures: the problem of universals Gyula Klima; 9. Human nature Robert Pasnau; 10. The moral life Bonnie D. Kent; 11. Ultimate goods: happiness and bliss James McEvoy; 12. Political thought Annabel S. Brett; 13. Medieval philosophy in later thought P. J. FitzPatrick and John Haldane; 14. Transmission and translation of medieval philosophical texts Thomas Williams; Chronology; Major events in medieval history; Biographies of major medieval philosophers; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: A. S. McGrade, Arthur Stephen McGrade
• Assisted by: A. S. McGrade (Editor), McGrade A. S. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.08.2003
• EAN: 9780521806039
• ISBN: 978-0-521-80603-9
• No. of pages: 424
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Philos; Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, Philosophy, Religion & beliefs, Medieval Western philosophy