Medieval Teachers of Freedom - Boethius, Peter Lombard and Aquinas on Creation From Nothing

Medieval debates over "divine creation" are systematically obscured in our age by the conflict between "Intelligent Design" Creationists and Evolutionists. The present investigation cuts through the web of contemporary conflicts to examine problems seated at the heart of medieval talk about creation.

List of contents

Prefatory Remarks: The "Poetic Telos" of the Present Study
Introduction

1. "Poetic Reason" as Key to Reading Medieval Authors


2. Theology or Philosophy? A False Dilemma


3. A Universe from Nothing beyond Theology?


4. Medieval Scholarship as Guide in Interpretation?


5. Aristotle or Plato? Another false dilemma


6. Introduction to the problem of Context


7. Medieval Platonism Beyond Intellectual History


8. Medieval Platonism


9. Medieval Platonic Hermeneutics


10. The Problem of Creation


11. Creation from Nothing?


12. Divine Creation as Key to Freedom


13. What is Freedom?


14. Emanationism vs. Voluntarism


15. Creation and the Problem of Omnipotence


16. Logos as Key to Creation


17. The Essence of Human Freedom: Creation "from Nothing" as Divine Intellective Emanation


18. Eternity and Dialogue


19. Medieval Teachers of Freedom


20. The Philosophical Heart of Medieval Scholarship


21. The Problem of Voluntarism


22. From Intelligent Design Back to Platonism


23. Being and Nothingness


24. Evil


25. Creation and Platonic Ideas

Bibliography
Index

About the author

Marco Antonio Andreacchio was awarded a doctorate from the University of IIllinois for his interpretation of Sino-Japanese philosophical classics in dialogue with Western counterparts and a doctorate from Cambridge University for his work on Dante’s Platonic interpretation of religious authority. Andreacchio has taught at various higher education institutions and published systematically on problems of a political-philosophical nature.

Summary

Medieval debates over "divine creation" are systematically obscured in our age by the conflict between "Intelligent Design" Creationists and Evolutionists. The present investigation cuts through the web of contemporary conflicts to examine problems seated at the heart of medieval talk about creation.

Product details

• Authors: Marco Antonio Andreacchio
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032522371
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3252237-1
• No. of pages: 108
• Series: Anglo-Italian Renaissance Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / Free Will & Determinism, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Literary studies: general, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: logic, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Medieval Western philosophy, Aquinas;Plato;Divine;Peter Lombard;Boethius;Medieval;Freedom