The Cambridge History of Later Medieval Philosophy: From the Rediscovery of Aristotle to the Disintegration of Scholasticism, 1100–1600 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521369339 ISBN 13: 9780521369336

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1988

Synopsis

This 1982 book is a history of the great age of scholastism from Abelard to the rejection of Aristotelianism in the Renaissance, combining the highest standards of medieval scholarship with a respect for the interests and insights of contemporary philosophers, particularly those working in the analytic tradition. The volume follows on chronologically from The Cambridge History of Later Greek and Early Medieval Philosophy, though it does not continue the histories of Greek and Islamic philosophy but concentrates on the Latin Christian West. Unlike other histories of medieval philosophy that divide the subject matter by individual thinkers, it emphasises the parts of more historical and theological interest. This volume is organised by those topics in which recent philosophy has made the greatest progress.

About this title

Book Description:

A history of philosophy from 1100-1600 concentrating on the Aristotelian tradition in the Latin Christian West. "will long remain the major guide to later medieval philosophy and related topics. Most of the essays are exciting and challenging, some of them truly brilliant." --Speculum

Review:

"...a well-documented and plausible new synthesis...it elegantly explicates many intricate philosophical arguments; it identifies promising avenues for further research; and it provides an extremely useful instrument for reference." The Philosophical Review

"...outstanding...will long remain the major guide to later medieval philosophy and related topics. Most of the essays are exciting and challenging, some of them truly brilliant." Speculum

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0521369339
• ISBN 13: 9780521369336
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1050
• Editor: Kretzmann Norman, Kenny Anthony, Pinborg Jan, Stump Eleonore