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The text is a bit dated, I will be the first to admit, though so is the subject matter! However, the book is comprehensive and thorough, leaves out nothing of importance, and gives a good and balanced picture of not only the "what" but the "why" of medieval thinking. If you are an old pro at Aquinas et al, this is a good historical overview to what you already know, maybe in a more concise and intelligent format than you are used to seeing in books on medieval philosophy. If you are a student, and especially if you are not all that familiar with what is going on with medieval thinkers, I can hardly recommend this short history any more highly.I have little to add to the three excellent recommendations I reproduce below: "What is most striking about the entire book is its just perspective and its fine balance between scholarly prudence and philosoohical suggestiveness in the presentation of the ideas and problems distinctive of medieval philosophy. . . . As a sketch of medieval philosophy it qualifies as something of a classic."--Philosophical Review "The author carefully traces the influence of Greek philosophy and of the three great reigious traditions . . . on the great medieval scholastics. Professor Weinberg's book is a real contribution toward a sympathetic grasp of a tradition which he tells us must be retained and reexamined incessantly if we are to learn form the past."--Review of Metaphysics "The style is straightforward and clear; the content is judiciously selected; the interpretations are intelligent, impartial, scholarly."--Speculum
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THE THREE great religious system of the Western world-Judaism, Christianity, and Islam-have employed philosophy as a handmaid of theology. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
superlative theology, categorematic terms, acquired intellect, libros physicorum, intelligible species, intuitive cognition, primordial causes, sensory cognition, greater can, univocal concept, active intellect, passive intellect, special evidence Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ibn Rushd, New York, Opus Oxon, Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus, Ibn Gabirol, Ibn Tofail, Summa Logicae, Ibn Sina, Nicolas of Autrecourt, Ibn Rochd, John of Salisbury, Christian Scholastics, Christian West, Gregory of Nyssa, Ibn Bajja, Ideal Patterns, Logica Ingredientibus, Posterior Analytics, Summa Contra Gentiles, William Ockham, Albert of Saxony, John of Mirecourt, Muslim Spain, Siger of Brabant New!
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THE THREE great religious system of the Western world-Judaism, Christianity, and Islam-have employed philosophy as a handmaid of theology. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
superlative theology, categorematic terms, acquired intellect, libros physicorum, intelligible species, intuitive cognition, primordial causes, sensory cognition, greater can, univocal concept, active intellect, passive intellect, special evidence Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ibn Rushd, New York, Opus Oxon, Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus, Ibn Gabirol, Ibn Tofail, Summa Logicae, Ibn Sina, Nicolas of Autrecourt, Ibn Rochd, John of Salisbury, Christian Scholastics, Christian West, Gregory of Nyssa, Ibn Bajja, Ideal Patterns, Logica Ingredientibus, Posterior Analytics, Summa Contra Gentiles, William Ockham, Albert of Saxony, John of Mirecourt, Muslim Spain, Siger of Brabant New!
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- Guide to the Perplexed by Maimonides on 6 pages
- Posterior Analytics (Clarendon Aristotle) by Aristotle on 6 pages
- Selections from Medieval Philosophers by R. McKeon on 6 pages
- Saint Augustine: On Christian Doctrine by D. W. Robertson on 4 pages
- History of Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages by Etienne Gilson on 4 pages
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- The Philosophy of John Duns Scotus by Antonie Vos on 8 pages
- Divine Will and the Mechanical Philosophy: Gassendi and Descartes on Contingency and Necessity in the Created World by Margaret J. Osler on page 28, page 30, and Back Matter
- God and Reason in the Middle Ages by Edward Grant on page 48, page 59, and Back Matter
- Philosophy for Understanding Theology by Diogenes Allen on page 115, and Back Matter
- Philosophical Ecologies: Essays in Philosophy, Ecology, and Human Life by A. Pablo Iannone on page 22, and Back Matter
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