Introduction to Medieval Philosophy
1st Edition
Published on 5. August 2019
158 pages
978-1-4744-7071-1 (ISBN)
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Takes the student step-by-step through the intellectual problems of Medieval thought, explaining the principal lines of argument from Augustine of Hippos to the sixteenth century.
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Christopher Martin
An Introduction to Medieval Philosophy
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Edinburgh University Press
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Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. What is this Book?
- 1.1 What is Philosophy?
- 1.2 What are the Middle Ages?
- 1.3 What is an Introduction?
- 1.3.1 The Introduction as a Guidebook
- 1.3.2 The Guidebook and History
- 2. Authority and Tradition
- 2.1 Arguments from Authority
- 2.2 The Need for Authority
- 2.3 Authority, Community and Tradition
- 2.4 Community of Faith and Community of Learning
- 2.5 The Sources and Standards of a Tradition
- 2.6 The Development of a Canon through Tradition
- 2.7 The Tradition of a Craft
- 2.8 The Aim of the Tradition and the Means of its Development
- 2.9 Harmony and Reconciliation
- 2.10 The Historical Process of the Development of Tradition
- 3. The Question
- 4. Augustine and The Augustinian Tradition
- 4.1 Augustine's Thought in Augustine's Life
- 4.2 Faith and Reason in the Augustinian Tradition
- 4.3 Key Concepts of the Augustinian Tradition
- 4.4 A Parallel Development in the East
- 4.5 Problems for the Augustinian Approach
- 5. An Alternative Tendency
- 5.1 A Methodological Distinction Between Faith and Reason
- 5.2 Key Concepts in Boethius and Chalcidius
- 5.3 Problems of the Boethian Approach
- 5.4 The Coexistence of the Two Approaches
- 5.5 The Challenge of the Discovery of Aristotle
- 6. The Discovery of Aristotle
- 6.1 Aristotelian Concepts
- 6.1.1 Individuals and Universals
- 6.1.2 Form and Matter
- 6.1.3 Analogy
- 6.1.4 Explanation and Causality
- 6.1.5 Finality
- 6.1.6 Form and Thought
- 6.2 Problems and Dangerous Solutions
- 7. Reactions to Aristotle
- 7.1 The Early Thirteenth Century Among the Theologians
- 7.2 A New Synthesis
- 7.3 The Claim of Autonomy
- 7.4 Degeneration
- Chronological List of Important Figures
- Bibliography
- Index
