Free Will And The Rebel Angels In Medieval Philosophy
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Author |
: Tobias Hoffmann |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 307 |
Release |
: 2020-12-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108916325 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108916325 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis Free Will and the Rebel Angels in Medieval Philosophy by : Tobias Hoffmann
In this book Tobias Hoffmann studies the medieval free will debate during its liveliest period, from the 1220s to the 1320s, and clarifies its background in Aristotle, Augustine, and earlier medieval thinkers. Among the wide range of authors he examines are not only well-known thinkers such as Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham, but also a number of authors who were just as important in their time and deserve to be rediscovered today. To shed further light on their theories of free will, Hoffmann also explores their competing philosophical explanations of the fall of the angels, that is, the hypothesis of an evil choice made by rational beings under optimal psychological conditions. As he shows, this test case imposed limits on tracing free choices to cognition. His book provides a comprehensive account of a debate that was central to medieval philosophy and continues to occupy philosophers today.
Author |
: Norman Kretzmann |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 324 |
Release |
: 1993-05-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781139825092 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1139825097 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Aquinas by : Norman Kretzmann
Among the great philosophers of the Middle Ages Aquinas is unique in pursuing two apparently disparate projects. On the one hand he developed a philosophical understanding of Christian doctrine in a fully integrated system encompassing all natural and supernatural reality. On the other hand, he was convinced that Aristotle's philosophy afforded the best available philosophical component of such a system. In a relatively brief career Aquinas developed these projects in great detail and with an astonishing degree of success. In this volume ten leading scholars introduce all the important aspects of Aquinas' thought, ranging from its historical background and dependence on Greek, Islamic, and Jewish philosophy and theology, through the metaphysics, epistemology and ethics, to the philosophical approach to Biblical commentary.
Author |
: John Marenbon |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 398 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521663997 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521663991 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Philosophy of Peter Abelard by : John Marenbon
This book offers a major reassessment of the philosophy of Peter Abelard (1079-1142) which shows that he was a far more constructive and wider-ranging thinker than has usually been supposed. It combines detailed historical discussion, based on published and manuscript sources, with philosophical analysis which aims to make clear Abelard's central arguments about the nature of things, language and the mind, and about morality. Although the book concentrates on these philosophical questions, it places them within their theological and wider intellectual context.
Author |
: Robert Pasnau |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 1218 |
Release |
: 2014 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1107675103 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781107675100 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Cambridge History of Medieval Philosophy by : Robert Pasnau
The Cambridge History of Medieval Philosophy comprises over fifty specially commissioned essays by experts on the philosophy of this period. Starting in the late eighth century, with the renewal of learning some centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire, a sequence of chapters takes the reader through developments in many and varied fields, including logic and language, natural philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, and theology. Close attention is paid to the context of medieval philosophy, with discussions of the rise of the universities and developments in the cultural and linguistic spheres. A striking feature is the continuous coverage of Islamic, Jewish, and Christian material. There are useful biographies of the philosophers, and a comprehensive bibliography. The volumes illuminate a rich and remarkable period in the history of philosophy and will be the authoritative source on medieval philosophy for the next generation of scholars and students alike.
Author |
: Tobias Hoffmann |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 287 |
Release |
: 2013-07-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107276406 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107276403 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Aquinas and the Nicomachean Ethics by : Tobias Hoffmann
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is the text which had the single greatest influence on Aquinas's ethical writings, and the historical and philosophical value of Aquinas's appropriation of this text provokes lively debate. In this volume of new essays, thirteen distinguished scholars explore how Aquinas receives, expands on and transforms Aristotle's insights about the attainability of happiness, the scope of moral virtue, the foundation of morality and the nature of pleasure. They examine Aquinas's commentary on the Ethics and his theological writings, above all the Summa theologiae. Their essays show Aquinas to be a highly perceptive interpreter, but one who also brings certain presuppositions to the Ethics and alters key Aristotelian notions for his own purposes. The result is a rich and nuanced picture of Aquinas's relation to Aristotle that will be of interest to readers in moral philosophy, Aquinas studies, the history of theology and the history of philosophy.
Author |
: Thomas Williams |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 428 |
Release |
: 2003 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521635632 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521635639 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Duns Scotus by : Thomas Williams
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Author |
: Elizabeth Klein |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 217 |
Release |
: 2018-04-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108424455 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108424457 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Augustine's Theology of Angels by : Elizabeth Klein
Angels and creation -- Angelic community -- Angels in salvation history -- Augustine and spiritual warfare
Author |
: Robert Miner |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 329 |
Release |
: 2009-04-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780521897488 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0521897483 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis Thomas Aquinas on the Passions by : Robert Miner
Provides an understanding of Thomas Aquinas' account of the passions, the elemental forces that affect human happiness.
Author |
: Robert Pasnau |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 321 |
Release |
: 2023-02-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780192871244 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0192871242 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy Volume 10 by : Robert Pasnau
Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy showcases the best scholarly research in this flourishing field. The series covers all aspects of medieval philosophy, including the Latin, Arabic, and Hebrew traditions, and runs from the end of antiquity into the Renaissance. It publishes new work by leading scholars in the field, and combines historical scholarship with philosophical acuteness. The papers will address a wide range of topics, from political philosophy to ethics, and logic to metaphysics. OSMP is an essential resource for anyone working in the area.
Author |
: Jostein Gaarder |
Publisher |
: Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Total Pages |
: 735 |
Release |
: 2007-03-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781466804272 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1466804270 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sophie's World by : Jostein Gaarder
A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.