From the Circle of Alcuin to the School of Auxerre - Logic, Theology and Philosophy in the Early Middle Ages

Zusammenfassung This study is the first modern account of the development of philosophy during the Carolingian Renaissance. In the late eighth century! Dr Marenbon argues! theologians were led by their enthusiasm for logic to pose themselves truly philosophical questions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Aristotle's Categories and the problems of essence and the Universals: sources for early medieval philosophy; 2. Logic and theology at the court of Charlemagne; 3. Problems of the Categories, essence and the Universals in the work of John Scottus and Ratramnus of Corbie; 4. The circle of John Scottus Eriugena; 5. Early medieval glosses on the problems of the Categories; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Dr. John Marenbon, John Marenbon, John (Trinity College Marenbon
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2006
• EAN: 9780521024624
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02462-4
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day