God and Reason in the Middle Ages

Klappentext Between 1100 and 1600, the emphasis on reason in the learning and intellectual life of Western Europe became more pervasive and widespread than ever before in the history of human civilization. Of crucial significance was the invention of the university around 1200, within which reason was institutionalized and where it became a deeply embedded, permanent feature of Western thought and culture. It is therefore appropriate to speak of an Age of Reason in the Middle Ages, and to view it as a forerunner and herald of the Age of Reason that was to come in the seventeenth century. The object of this study is twofold: to describe how reason was manifested in the curriculum of medieval universities, especially in the subjects of logic, natural philosophy and theology; and to explain how the Middle Ages acquired an undeserved reputation as an age of superstition, barbarism, and unreason. Zusammenfassung Grant argues that the Age of Reason really began in the universities that first emerged in the late Middle Ages (1100 to 1600) when the first large scale institutionalization of reason in the history of civilization occurred. This study shows how reason was used in the university subjects of logic! natural philosophy! and theology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The emergence of a transformed Europe in the twelfth century; 2. Reason asserts itself: the challenge to authority in the Early Middle Ages to 1200; 3. Reason takes hold: Aristotle and the Medieval University; 4. Reason in action: logic in the Faculty of Arts; 5. Reason in action: natural philosophy in the Faculty of Arts; 6. Reason in action: theology in the Faculty of Arts; 7. The assault on the Middle Ages; Conclusion: the culture and spirit of 'poking around'.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Edward Grant, Edward (Professor Emeritus Grant, Grant Edward
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.07.2001
• EAN: 9780521802796
• ISBN: 978-0-521-80279-6
• Pagine: 408
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: dall'antichità ai giorni nostri; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; History of Ideas, Europe, European History, SCIENCE / History, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, HISTORY / Social History, CE period up to c 1500, History of Science, c 1000 CE to c 1500, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy