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Title

Medieval philosophy : a very short introduction / John Marenbon.

Author

Marenbon, John

Publication

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

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Description

xii, 141 pages : illustrations (black and white); 18 cm

Summary

For many of us, the term 'medieval philosophy' conjures up the figure of Thomas Aquinas, and is closely intertwined with religion. In this Very Short Introduction John Marenbon shows how medieval philosophy had a far broader reach than the thirteenth and fourteenth-century universities of Christian Europe, and is instead one of the most exciting and diversified periods in the history of thought. Introducing the coexisting strands of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish philosophy, Marenbon shows how these traditions all go back to the Platonic schools of late antiquity and explains the complex ways in which they are interlinked. Providing an overview of some of the main thinkers, such as Boethius, Abelard, al-Farabi, Avicenna, Maimonides, and Gersonides, and the topics, institutions and literary forms of medieval philosophy, he discusses in detail some of the key issues in medieval thought: universals; mind, body and mortality; foreknowledge and freedom; society and the best life. -- Provided by publisher.

Series Statement

Very short introductions ; 463

Uniform Title

• Very short introductions ; 463.
• Very short introductions ; 463

Subjects

• Medeltidsfilosofi
• Philosophy, Medieval
• Philosophie
• Mittelalter

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. A map of medieval philosophy -- 3. A map of later medieval philosophy -- 4. Fields of medieval philosophy -- 5. Institutions and literary forms -- 6. Universals (Avicenna and Abelard) -- 7. Mind, body and mortality (Averroes and Pomponazzi) -- 8. Foreknowledge and freedom (Boethius and Gersonides) -- 9. Society and the best life (Ibn Ṭufayl and Dante) -- 10. Why medieval philosophy? -- Timeline -- References -- Further reading.

Call Number

JFC 16-346

ISBN

• 9780199663224
• 019966322X

LCCN

2015947580

OCLC

939856547

Author

Marenbon, John, author.

Title

Medieval philosophy : a very short introduction / John Marenbon.

Publisher

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Very short introductions ; 463

Very short introductions ; 463.

Very short introductions ; 463

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Research Call Number

JFC 16-346