Author: Jeffrey E. BrowerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521775960
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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The Cambridge Companion to Abelard
Author: Jeffrey E. BrowerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521775960
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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The Philosophy of Peter Abelard
Author: John MarenbonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521663991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
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.
The Cambridge Companion to Atheism
Author: Michael MartinPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139827391
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
In this 2007 volume, eighteen of the world's leading scholars present original essays on various aspects of atheism: its history, both ancient and modern, defense and implications. The topic is examined in terms of its implications for a wide range of disciplines including philosophy, religion, feminism, postmodernism, sociology and psychology. In its defense, both classical and contemporary theistic arguments are criticized, and, the argument from evil, and impossibility arguments, along with a non religious basis for morality are defended. These essays give a broad understanding of atheism and a lucid introduction to this controversial topic.
The Cambridge Companion to Boethius
Author: John MarenbonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139828150
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
Boethius (c.480–c.525/6), though a Christian, worked in the tradition of the Neoplatonic schools, with their strong interest in Aristotelian logic and Platonic metaphysics. He is best known for his Consolation of Philosophy, which he wrote in prison awaiting execution. His works also include a long series of logical translations, commentaries and monographs and some short but densely-argued theological treatises, all of which were enormously influential on medieval thought. But Boethius was more than a writer who passed on important ancient ideas to the Middle Ages. The essays here by leading specialists, which cover all the main aspects of his writing and its influence, show that he was a distinctive thinker, whose arguments repay careful analysis and who used his literary talents in conjunction with his philosophical abilities to present a complex view of the world.
The Cambridge Companion to Anselm
Author: Brian DaviesPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521002059
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Ethics
Author: Thomas WilliamsPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107167744
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Offers historical and topical chapters on the whole range of medieval ethical thought in Christian, Jewish, and Islamic philosophy.
The Cambridge Companion to Ockham
Author: Paul Vincent SpadePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521587907
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Offers a full discussion of all significant aspects of this medieval philosopher's thought.
The Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott
Author: Efraim PodoksikPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521147921
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
A systematic and accessible presentation of the ideas of one of the leading British philosophers of the twentieth century.
The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Poetry
Author: John SitterPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521658850
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
This book analyzes major premises and practices of eighteenth-century English poets.
The Cambridge Companion to Boethius
Author: John MarenbonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521872669
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
Covers all the important aspects of Boethius's thought and his influence on poets as well as philosophers and theologians.