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I. In this second volume of my history of philosophy I had originally hoped to give as account of the development of philosophy throughout the whole period of the Middle Ages, understanding by mediaeval philosophy the philosophic thought and systems which were elaborated between the Carolingian renaissance in the last part of the eight century A.D. (John Scotus Eriugena, the first outstanding mediaeval philosopher was born about 8Io) and the end of the fourteenth century.
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universal hylomorphic composition, ontologistic interpretation, distinctio formalis, forma corporeitatis, rations seminales, formal objective distinction, quaestio unica, separate active intellect, rerum principio, first corporeal form, mediaeval philosophy, esse existentiae, ratio formalis, primo principio, esse simpliciter, rationes aeternae, real distinction between essence, abstractive knowledge, esse essentiae, mediaeval philosophers, univocal character, mediaeval thinkers, univocal concept, elicited act, supernatural vocation
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John Scotus, Thomas Aquinas, Middle Ages, Henry of Ghent, Giles of Rome, Roger Bacon, Contra Gent, William of Auvergne, John of Salisbury, Albert the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Siger of Brabant, Duns Scotus, Blessed Trinity, Alexander of Hales, Robert Grosseteste, John Damascene, Peter Lombard, City of Babylon, Franciscan Order, Old Testament, University of Paris, Palatine School, David of Dinant, William of Champeaux
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