Conscience in Medieval Philosophy

Potts, Timothy C.:

ISBN 10: 0521232872 / ISBN 13: 9780521232876

Published by Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1980

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XIII, 152 Pages Original grüner Hardcover (Pappband) mit Bibliotheksschild auf Vorderdeckel und Schutzumschlag innen hinten montiert. Innen mit Bibliotheksstempeln, sehr sauberes Exemplar. Englische Sprache - Original Hardboard in green with Library label on front cover and dust jacket incorporated. Inside with Library stamps, in very good condition. English Language MIG-13-05B|S34 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 346.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Conscience in Medieval Philosophy
• Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521232872
• ISBN 13: 9780521232876
• Binding: 22 x 14 cm
• Edition: 1. Edition.
• Condition: Gut
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 346 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modernes Antiquariat

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Synopsis

This book presents in translation writings by six medieval philosophers which bear on the subject of conscience. Conscience, which can be considered both as a topic in the philosophy of mind and a topic in ethics, has been unduly neglected in modern philosophy, where a prevailing belief in the autonomy of ethics leaves it no natural place. It was, however, a standard subject for a treatise in medieval philosophy. Three introductory translations here, from Jerome, Augustine and Peter Lombard, present the loci classici on which subsequent discussions drew; there follows the first complete treatise on conscience, by Philip the Chancellor, while the two remaining translations, from Bonaventure and Aquinas, have been chosen as outstanding examples of the two main approaches which crystallised during the thirteenth century.

Book Description

This book presents in translation writings by six medieval philosophers which bear on the subject of conscience. Conscience has been unduly neglected in modern philosophy, where a prevailing belief in the autonomy of ethics leaves it no natural place. It was, however, a standard subject for a treatise in medieval philosophy.