Philosophy in the Middle Ages

by Hyman, Arthur; Walsh, James J.

• ISBN13: 9780915145805
• ISBN10: 0915145804
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1983-08-01
• Publisher: Hackett Pub Co Inc

Summary

Contents: Early Mediaeval Christian Philosophy. Augustine, Boethius, John Scotus Eriugena, Anselm of Canterbury, Peter Abailard and John of Salisbury. Islamic Philosophy. Alfarabi, Avicenna, Algazali, Averroes. Jewish Philosophy. Saddia, Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Moses Maimonides, Levi Ben Gerson (Gersonides), Hasdai Crescas. Latin Philosophy in the Thirteenth Century. Bonaventure, Robert Grosseteste and Roger Bacon, Siger of Brabant, Thomas Aquinas, the Condemnation of 1277. Latin Philosophy in the Fourteenth Century. John Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, Nicholas of Autrecourt, Marsilius of Padua, John Buridan. Selected Bibliography. Index.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	ix
Introduction	1	(8)
Early Medieval Christian Philosophy	9	(194)
AUGUSTINE	15	(99)
The Teacher	20	(13)
On Free Will	33	(31)
Retractations	64	(4)
On The Trinity	68	(7)
The Confessions	75	(14)
The City of God	89	(25)
BOETHIUS	114	(18)
The Consolation of Philosophy	117	(11)
How Substances Can Be Good in Virtue of Their Existence Without Being Absolute Goods	128	(4)
JOHN SCOTUS ERIUGENA	132	(15)
On the Division of Nature	134	(13)
ANSELM OF CANTERBURY	147	(17)
Proslogion	149	(2)
A Reply to the Foregoing by a Certain Writer on Behalf of the Fool	151	(4)
A Reply to the Foregoing by the Author of the Book in Question	155	(9)
PETER ABAILARD AND JOHN OF SALISBURY	164	(39)
John of Salisbury, The Metalogicon	167	(2)
Peter Abailard, The Glosses of Peter Abailard on Porphyry	169	(19)
Peter Abailard, Ethics or Know Thyself	188	(15)
Islamic Philosophy	203	(134)
ALFARABI	211	(23)
The Letter Concerning the Intellect	215	(7)
Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle	222	(12)
AVICENNA	234	(30)
The Healing, Metaphysics	241	(14)
The Deliverance, Psychology	255	(9)
ALGAZALI	264	(29)
Deliverance from Error	267	(16)
The Incoherence of the Philosophers	283	(10)
AVERROES	293	(44)
The Decisive Treatise Determining the Nature of the Connection Between Religion and Philosophy	297	(20)
A Treatise Concerning the Substance of the Celestial Sphere	317	(7)
Long Commentary on De Anima	324	(13)
Jewish Philosophy	337	(114)
SAADIA	341	(16)
Book of Doctrines and Beliefs	344	(13)
SOLOMON IBN GABIROL	357	(12)
The Fountain of Life	359	(10)
MOSES MAIMONIDES	369	(53)
The Guide of the Perplexed	373	(49)
LEVI BEN GERSON (GERSONIDES)	422	(14)
The Wars of the Lord	425	(11)
HASDAI CRESCAS	436	(15)
The Light of the Lord	440	(11)
Latin Philosophy in the Thirteenth Century	451	(142)
BONAVENTURE	454	(17)
Conferences on the Hexaemeron	456	(5)
Retracing the Arts to Theology or Sacred Theology the Mistress Among the Sciences	461	(10)
ROBERT GROSSETESTE AND ROGER BACON	471	(19)
Robert Grosseteste, On Light	474	(6)
Roger Bacon, The Opus Majus	480	(10)
SIGER OF BRABANT	490	(13)
Question on the Eternity of the World	493	(10)
THOMAS AQUINAS	503	(79)
On Being and Essence	508	(8)
The Summa Theologica, Part One	516	(42)
The Summa Theologica, First Part of the Second Part	558	(11)
The Summa Theologica, First Part of the Second Part	569	(13)
THE CONDEMNATION OF 1277	582	(11)
Condemnation of 219 Propositions	584	(9)
Latin Philosophy in the Fourteenth Century	593	(184)
JOHN DUNS SCOTUS	597	(52)
The Oxford Commentary on the Four Books of the Sentences	602	(47)
WILLIAM OF OCKHAM	649	(54)
Summa totius logicae	653	(9)
Commentary on the Sentences	662	(24)
De Successivis	686	(3)
Commentary on the Sentences	689	(1)
Seven Quodlibets	690	(3)
Commentary on the Sentences	693	(10)
NICHOLAS OF AUTRECOURT	703	(11)
Letters to Bernard of Arezzo	705	(9)
MARSILIUS OF PADUA	714	(34)
The Defender of Peace	721	(27)
JOHN BURIDAN	748	(29)
Questions on Aristotle's Metaphysics	751	(3)
Questions on the Ten Books of the Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle	754	(6)
Questions on Aristotle's Metaphysics	760	(6)
Questions on the Eight Books of the Physics of Aristotle	766	(5)
Questions on the Ten Books of the Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle	771	(6)
Selected Bibliography	777	(10)
Index	787