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Duke University Press The Legitimacy of the Middle Ages
Book SynopsisA collection of theoretical essays arguing that theorists of modernity must reckon with the medieval, which is not, as some have asserted, completely separate or different from the modern.Trade Review“[This] volume opens a productive channel to yet another way of thinking about history – in this case, the history of our discipline, its philosophical underpinnings, and the contributions of medieval thought and medievalism generally to practices of cultural and textual analysis. . . . [T]his volume represents an endeavor of considerable intellectual significance, a strong opening into a set of important questions about the terms and conceptual conditions for the survival of medievalism and medieval studies. . . .” - Paul Strohm, Postmedieval“Amidst the trash talk of theory in the past tense and the drive of the corporate university to dismantle the conditions of possibility for critique . . . the essays collected in The Legitimacy of the Middle Ages will hearten scholars and also invite them to reflect on their own complicity with current academic events. The volume marks yet another powerful contribution to ongoing investigation into the intersections of the medievalisms of modernity and the modernities of Medieval Studies.” - Kathleen Biddick, The Medieval Review“Those already engaged in ongoing debates about the complex relation between medieval and modern will find this book to be an essential addition to an important area of inquiry. Those who have never given much thought to the subject will discover a stimulating, and perhaps even transformative, introduction to a crucial set of terms and concepts.” - George Edmondson, Speculum“[T]he collection should be read as a collaborative work of intellectual history with serious implications for the study of modernity.... It opens up some rich dialogues between medieval and post-medieval studies, and with historians and students of modernity.” - Stephanie Trigg, Partial Answers“An uncompromising riposte to the notion, in Medieval Studies as elsewhere, that critique is dead and that we should quietly return to tasks of description. A potent demonstration that without critical theory, modernity and the medieval are unintelligible.”—David Wallace, author of Premodern Places: Calais to Surinam, Chaucer to Aphra Behn“These exciting and challenging essays show that medieval ideas have exerted a huge influence on Freud, Heidegger, Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze, Bourdieu, Žižek, and Negri, thus shaping our understanding of politics, aesthetics, literary criticism, and cultural critique. It is now evident that we all need a medieval basis to found modern Theory.”—Jean-Michel Rabaté, author of The Ethics of the Lie“[This] volume opens a productive channel to yet another way of thinking about history – in this case, the history of our discipline, its philosophical underpinnings, and the contributions of medieval thought and medievalism generally to practices of cultural and textual analysis. . . . [T]his volume represents an endeavor of considerable intellectual significance, a strong opening into a set of important questions about the terms and conceptual conditions for the survival of medievalism and medieval studies. . . .” -- Paul Strohm * Postmedieval *“Amidst the trash talk of theory in the past tense and the drive of the corporate university to dismantle the conditions of possibility for critique . . . the essays collected in The Legitimacy of the Middle Ages will hearten scholars and also invite them to reflect on their own complicity with current academic events. The volume marks yet another powerful contribution to ongoing investigation into the intersections of the medievalisms of modernity and the modernities of Medieval Studies.” -- Kathleen Biddick * Medieval Review *“Those already engaged in ongoing debates about the complex relation between medieval and modern will find this book to be an essential addition to an important area of inquiry. Those who have never given much thought to the subject will discover a stimulating, and perhaps even transformative, introduction to a crucial set of terms and concepts.” -- George Edmondson * Speculum *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Outside Modernity / Andrew Cole and D. Vance Smith 1 Theological Modernities The Sense of an Epoch: Periodization, Sovereignty, and the Limits of Secularization / Kathleen Davis 39 The Sacrament of the Fetish, the Miracle of the Commodity: Hegel and Marx / Andrew Cole 70 Empire, Apocalypse, and the 9/11 Premodern / Bruce Holsinger 94 Response: More Than We Bargained For / Michael Hardt 119 Scholastic Modernities We Have Never Been Schreber: Paranoia, Medieval, and Modern / Erin Labbie and Michael Uebel 127 Medieval Studies, Historicity, and Heidegger's Early Phenomenology / Ethan Knapp 159 Medieval Currencies: Nominalism and Art / C. D. Blanton 194 Response: Medusa's Gaze / Jed Rasula 233 Afterword. On the Medieval / Fredric Jameson 243 Bibliography 247 Contributors 269 Index 271
£19.79
Duke University Press The Legitimacy of the Middle Ages
Book SynopsisA collection of theoretical essays arguing that theorists of modernity must reckon with the medieval, which is not, as some have asserted, completely separate or different from the modern.Trade Review“[This] volume opens a productive channel to yet another way of thinking about history – in this case, the history of our discipline, its philosophical underpinnings, and the contributions of medieval thought and medievalism generally to practices of cultural and textual analysis. . . . [T]his volume represents an endeavor of considerable intellectual significance, a strong opening into a set of important questions about the terms and conceptual conditions for the survival of medievalism and medieval studies. . . .” - Paul Strohm, Postmedieval“Amidst the trash talk of theory in the past tense and the drive of the corporate university to dismantle the conditions of possibility for critique . . . the essays collected in The Legitimacy of the Middle Ages will hearten scholars and also invite them to reflect on their own complicity with current academic events. The volume marks yet another powerful contribution to ongoing investigation into the intersections of the medievalisms of modernity and the modernities of Medieval Studies.” - Kathleen Biddick, The Medieval Review“Those already engaged in ongoing debates about the complex relation between medieval and modern will find this book to be an essential addition to an important area of inquiry. Those who have never given much thought to the subject will discover a stimulating, and perhaps even transformative, introduction to a crucial set of terms and concepts.” - George Edmondson, Speculum“[T]he collection should be read as a collaborative work of intellectual history with serious implications for the study of modernity.... It opens up some rich dialogues between medieval and post-medieval studies, and with historians and students of modernity.” - Stephanie Trigg, Partial Answers“An uncompromising riposte to the notion, in Medieval Studies as elsewhere, that critique is dead and that we should quietly return to tasks of description. A potent demonstration that without critical theory, modernity and the medieval are unintelligible.”—David Wallace, author of Premodern Places: Calais to Surinam, Chaucer to Aphra Behn“These exciting and challenging essays show that medieval ideas have exerted a huge influence on Freud, Heidegger, Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze, Bourdieu, Žižek, and Negri, thus shaping our understanding of politics, aesthetics, literary criticism, and cultural critique. It is now evident that we all need a medieval basis to found modern Theory.”—Jean-Michel Rabaté, author of The Ethics of the Lie“[This] volume opens a productive channel to yet another way of thinking about history – in this case, the history of our discipline, its philosophical underpinnings, and the contributions of medieval thought and medievalism generally to practices of cultural and textual analysis. . . . [T]his volume represents an endeavor of considerable intellectual significance, a strong opening into a set of important questions about the terms and conceptual conditions for the survival of medievalism and medieval studies. . . .” -- Paul Strohm * Postmedieval *“Amidst the trash talk of theory in the past tense and the drive of the corporate university to dismantle the conditions of possibility for critique . . . the essays collected in The Legitimacy of the Middle Ages will hearten scholars and also invite them to reflect on their own complicity with current academic events. The volume marks yet another powerful contribution to ongoing investigation into the intersections of the medievalisms of modernity and the modernities of Medieval Studies.” -- Kathleen Biddick * Medieval Review *“Those already engaged in ongoing debates about the complex relation between medieval and modern will find this book to be an essential addition to an important area of inquiry. Those who have never given much thought to the subject will discover a stimulating, and perhaps even transformative, introduction to a crucial set of terms and concepts.” -- George Edmondson * Speculum *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Outside Modernity / Andrew Cole and D. Vance Smith 1 Theological Modernities The Sense of an Epoch: Periodization, Sovereignty, and the Limits of Secularization / Kathleen Davis 39 The Sacrament of the Fetish, the Miracle of the Commodity: Hegel and Marx / Andrew Cole 70 Empire, Apocalypse, and the 9/11 Premodern / Bruce Holsinger 94 Response: More Than We Bargained For / Michael Hardt 119 Scholastic Modernities We Have Never Been Schreber: Paranoia, Medieval, and Modern / Erin Labbie and Michael Uebel 127 Medieval Studies, Historicity, and Heidegger's Early Phenomenology / Ethan Knapp 159 Medieval Currencies: Nominalism and Art / C. D. Blanton 194 Response: Medusa's Gaze / Jed Rasula 233 Afterword. On the Medieval / Fredric Jameson 243 Bibliography 247 Contributors 269 Index 271
£72.25
Fordham University Press Images of Conversion in St. Augustines
Book SynopsisAn exciting book...places the central sections of the Confessions in fresh perspectives.-Theological StudiesTrade Review"This book, with its careful blend of bold hypothesis and careful textual analysis, constitutes a fitting final monument to Fr. O'Connell's central position in modern attempts to understand Augustine's magnum opus." -American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly An exciting book...places the central sections of the Confessions in fresh perspectives." -Theological Studies
£45.00
Fordham University Press An Aquinas Reader
Book SynopsisThis edition contains an unrivalled selection of every aspect of Aquinas's philosophy: on reality, God, and man, with a new introduction, improved format, and updated bibliography.
£31.50
Fordham University Press The Disfigured Face
Book SynopsisFor Thomas Aquinas the ontological and ethical orders are not autonomous but inseparable. This book shows how traditional Natural Law was transformed by thinkers like John Locke and Kant into a doctrine compatible with early modern and modern notions of nature and morality.Trade Review“A significant contribution to natural law theory, especially to the study of the second scholasticism.”---—Anthony J. Lisska, Denison UniversityThe Disfigured Face is a welcome contribution to the present discourse on the status and role of natural law in moral theology. * —The Thomist *A brief but brilliant book on the natural law. * —The Catholic World *Remarkably balanced, Cortest’s The Disfigured Face is an excellent summary of the historical and theoretical vicissitudes of the natural law tradition. The author recovers not only the ideas but also a number of outstanding forgotten names from Cicero to Maritain, and puts into a new light the links between the Middle Ages and Renaissance, particularly the influential role of Francisco Suárez.---—Juan A. Mercado, Pontifical University of the Holy CrossThis brave and brilliant book is a must read. It is at once politically incorrect yet dead on target with its deep concern for an objective moral, legal, and political truth based upon a sound philosophy of being and nature. In historical context, Cortest describes natural law as it was developed by Thomas Aquinas and his 16th century Spanish disciples. He shows how this doctrine fared vis à vis modern secular philosophy and then goes further to show that traditional natural law doctrine has been preserved almost exclusively in papal encyclicals which have challenged modern secular culture.---—John P. Doyle, St. Louis University
£49.30
Fordham University Press The Logic of the Trinity Augustine to Ockham
Book SynopsisRecounts the remarkable history of efforts by significant medieval thinkers to accommodate the ontology of the Trinity within the framework of Aristotelian logic and ontologyTrade Review"Provides a ground-breaking account of the logic of the Trinity in ten important late-antique and medieval theologians: Augustine, Boethius, Abelard, Gilbert of Poiters, Peter Lombard, Bonaventure, Albert, Aquinas, Scotus, and Ockham." -- -Richard Cross University of Notre Dame "The Logic of the Trinity is a learned, logical and well-written history of an idea crucial to the Western medieval mentality--the reasonable belief in the Trinitarian divinity--not a foundation for its truth, which can be had only by means of faith, but as a test for its validity once its truth was believed through faith." -Speculum "A significant contribution to those who would like to know about the doctrine of the Trinity over the medieval period through a concise, focused work on the subject." -- -Hester Gelber Stanford University
£54.40
Fordham University Press On Time Being And Hunger
Book SynopsisSituating itself within the context of current debates in continental philosophy, and through a series of readings of Aristotle, Nietzsche, Heidegger and Derrida to recent developments in life sciences, this book offers a critical enquiry concerning the traditional way of understanding life in the history of metaphysics.Trade Review"A new and compelling voice in philosophy. Garrido develops a profoundly interesting and compelling investigation of the senses of being and temporality. In doing so, he moves beyond philosophies that emphasize traditional ontology and their correlative concept of time." -- -Alejandro Vallega University of Oregon "Garrido makes a real, and highly significant intervention in the ways we commonly think about the phenomenon of life." -- -Rodolphe Gasche University at Buffalo, The State University of New York "Juan Manuel Garrido renews in an impressive way the question concerning 'life.' By the term 'life' we usually mean a sort of immediacy, a self-presence through auto-affection and transmission through self-perpetuation. Garrido, however, opens life -- simply, if I may say so -- to the infinity of a 'being-towards' and a 'hunger': this infinity is not the indefinition of a life that simply 'continues,' but the elevation of life - or its hollowing out, which is the same thing - to being-out-of-itself. This is, in one word, a philosophical revolution." -- -Jean-Luc Nancy
£21.59
Fordham University Press Later Medieval Metaphysics Ontology Language and
Book SynopsisThis multi-author work focuses primarily on 13th and 14th century Latin treatments of the most important metaphysical issues of the day. Though standard ontological topics are covered in detail—e.g., existence, universals, form, and accidents—there is also an emphasis on metaphysics broadly conceived to include epistemology, language, and logic.Trade Review"This collection will appeal to all students of medieval, late medieval, and early modern philosophy... Recommended." -Choice "Later Medieval Metaphysics contains a number of excellent studies by some of the leading scholars in the field. These studies will engage and stimulate both specialists and advanced students not only of medieval metaphysics but also of medieval philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and logic." -- -Andrew Arlig Brooklyn College "[This volume] represents the highest standards and the most recent scholarship on this topic, one which was vital to all medieval thought, in particular, theological doctrinal controversies, and has close connections with contemporary metaphysical issues." -- -Stephen Read University of St. Andrews
£70.55
Fordham University Press Later Medieval Metaphysics Ontology Language and
Book SynopsisThis multi-author work focuses primarily on 13th and 14th century Latin treatments of the most important metaphysical issues of the day. Though standard ontological topics are covered in detail—e.g., existence, universals, form, and accidents—there is also an emphasis on metaphysics broadly conceived to include epistemology, language, and logic.Trade Review"This collection will appeal to all students of medieval, late medieval, and early modern philosophy... Recommended." -Choice "Later Medieval Metaphysics contains a number of excellent studies by some of the leading scholars in the field. These studies will engage and stimulate both specialists and advanced students not only of medieval metaphysics but also of medieval philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and logic." -- -Andrew Arlig Brooklyn College "[This volume] represents the highest standards and the most recent scholarship on this topic, one which was vital to all medieval thought, in particular, theological doctrinal controversies, and has close connections with contemporary metaphysical issues." -- -Stephen Read University of St. Andrews
£31.50
Fordham University Press Ens rationis from Su225rez to Caramuel A Study
Book SynopsisExamines theories of intentional impossible objects (entia rationis) of several scholastic authors of the Baroque era (Francisco Suárez, Pedro Hurtado de Mendoza, Bartolomeo Mastri, and Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz).Trade Review"The book is a splendid combination of systemic acuity and historical scholarship and provides a much-needed correction to some of the historical injustices of our time. It will be a welcome corrective to current neglect of Baroque philosophy." -- -Nicholas Rescher University of Pittsburgh "Novotny's book is a great work of scholarship and philosophical analysis. It is an ambitious study of the seventeenth-century history of one of the most disputed and controversial concepts in philosophy: the notion of "being of reason" (ens rationis), which is generally contrasted with the notion of "real being" (ens reale). It breaks new ground in the study of an important period in the history of philosophy and is a must read for anyone interested in scholastic philosophy in particular or metaphysics in general." -- -Jorge Gracia University at Buffalo, SUNY "This volume by Novonty attempts to vindicate Baroque scholasticism by focusing on the debate surrounding ens rationsis (intentional beings/ beings of reason) .. . Highly recommended." -Choice
£55.80
Fordham University Press Between Form and Event
Book SynopsisA study of Machiavelli’s theory of politics and history which takes as its basis a radical theory of freedom as non-domination and a philosophy that gives priority to events over forms.
£25.19
Fordham University Press Revelation 13 in Christian Arabic Commentary
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments vii Editorial Notes and Abbreviations xi Introduction: Two Arabic Commentaries on the Apocalypse of John in Historical and Cultural Context, 1 Stephen J. Davis 1 Būlus al-Būshī on Revelation 1–3: Christology and Christian-Muslim Encounter, 9 Shawqi Talia and Stephen J. Davis 2 Ibn Kātib Qayṣar on Visions, Angels, Prophets, and Dreams, 22 Stephen J. Davis 3 Ibn Kātib Qayṣar on Revelation 1–3: The First Vision and the Letters to the Seven Churches, 41 T. C. Schmidt, with contributions by Stephen J. Davis 4 Būlus al-Būshī, Commentary on the Apocalypse of John, ch. 1–3, 60 Translated by Shawqi Talia; edited by Stephen J. Davis 5 Ibn Kātib Qayṣar, Commentary on the Apocalypse of John, ch. 1–3, 86 Translated by Stephen J. Davis and T. C. Schmidt Works Cited 149 Subject Index 163 Biblical Index 169
£19.79
Fordham University Press Ecstasy in the Classroom Trance Self and the
Book SynopsisEcstasy in the Classroom analyzes the early thirteenth century theological discourse about Paul’s rapture and other modes of cognizing God. It reconstructs the perceptions of transformation and self they imply, and demonstrate their role in establishing the peculiar professional identity of scholastic theologians compared with other seers of God.Table of ContentsAs its title suggests, this book does three things: (1) It describes the discourse about Paul’s trance and other modes of cognizing God through key questions raised by early thirteenth-century theologians; (2) It discusses the perceptions of the self implied by this discourse; (3) It suggests these questions resonate concerns of theologians regarding the nature of their academic profession. Each chapter, therefore, has accordingly three titles. Introduction / 1 1 Why was Paul ignorant of his own state, and how do various modes of cognizing God differ? / 23 The experiencing self and the observing self Theology among other modes of cognizing God 2 How could Paul remember his rapture? / 59 Memory and the continuity of the self Theology between experience and words 3 Can a soul see God or itself without intermediaries? / 81 The self as distinct from its habits and actions Theology between experience and observation 4 Does true faith rely on anything external? / 111 The self as an ultimate source of authority Theology between internal and external authority 5 What happens to old modes of cognition when new ones are introduced during trance and other transitions? / 135 The self and its ability to manipulate parts of it during transitions Theology between reasoned knowledge and simple faith 6 Can knowledge qua knowledge be a virtue? / 158 The self in society Theology between theory and practice Summary and Epilogue / 189 Appendix / 199 Acknowledgments / 205 Notes / 207 Bibliography / 265 Index / 291
£27.90
Fordham University Press Ecstasy in the Classroom Trance Self and the
Book SynopsisEcstasy in the Classroom analyzes the early thirteenth century theological discourse about Paul’s rapture and other modes of cognizing God. It reconstructs the perceptions of transformation and self they imply, and demonstrate their role in establishing the peculiar professional identity of scholastic theologians compared with other seers of God.Table of ContentsAs its title suggests, this book does three things: (1) It describes the discourse about Paul’s trance and other modes of cognizing God through key questions raised by early thirteenth-century theologians; (2) It discusses the perceptions of the self implied by this discourse; (3) It suggests these questions resonate concerns of theologians regarding the nature of their academic profession. Each chapter, therefore, has accordingly three titles. Introduction / 1 1 Why was Paul ignorant of his own state, and how do various modes of cognizing God differ? / 23 The experiencing self and the observing self Theology among other modes of cognizing God 2 How could Paul remember his rapture? / 59 Memory and the continuity of the self Theology between experience and words 3 Can a soul see God or itself without intermediaries? / 81 The self as distinct from its habits and actions Theology between experience and observation 4 Does true faith rely on anything external? / 111 The self as an ultimate source of authority Theology between internal and external authority 5 What happens to old modes of cognition when new ones are introduced during trance and other transitions? / 135 The self and its ability to manipulate parts of it during transitions Theology between reasoned knowledge and simple faith 6 Can knowledge qua knowledge be a virtue? / 158 The self in society Theology between theory and practice Summary and Epilogue / 189 Appendix / 199 Acknowledgments / 205 Notes / 207 Bibliography / 265 Index / 291
£87.55
Fordham University Press Medieval Nonsense Signifying Nothing in
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsThe Wind in the Shell: Prolegomena to the Study of Medieval Nonsignification | 1 1 Priscian, Boethius, and Augustine on Vox Sola | 27 2 Walter Burley on Suppositio Materialis | 52 3 The Cloud of Unknowing on the Litil Worde of O Silable | 76 4 St. Erkenwald on the Caracter | 98 Acknowledgments | 127 Notes | 129 Bibliography | 157 Index | 183
£80.75
Fordham University Press Medieval Nonsense Signifying Nothing in
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsThe Wind in the Shell: Prolegomena to the Study of Medieval Nonsignification | 1 1 Priscian, Boethius, and Augustine on Vox Sola | 27 2 Walter Burley on Suppositio Materialis | 52 3 The Cloud of Unknowing on the Litil Worde of O Silable | 76 4 St. Erkenwald on the Caracter | 98 Acknowledgments | 127 Notes | 129 Bibliography | 157 Index | 183
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Fordham University Press Guides to the Eucharist in Medieval Egypt
Book SynopsisAn English translation of three key texts on the Coptic liturgy by Abū al-Barakāt ibn Kabar, Yūḥannā ibn Sabbā‘, and Pope Gabriel V. With a scholarly introduction to the works, their authors, and the Coptic liturgy, as well as a detailed explanatory apparatus, this volume provides a useful and needed introduction to the worship tradition of Egypt’s Coptic Christians.Table of ContentsPreface | ix Editorial Notes | xi List of Abbreviations | xiii Manuscripts | xv Map of Egypt | xviii Introduction | 1 1 Abū al-Barakāt ibn Kabar, The Lamp of Darkness | 31 2 Yūḥannā ibn Sabbā‘, The Precious Jewel | 60 3 Gabriel V, The Ritual Order | 108 Appendix: Coptic Liturgical Chants | 143 Glossary | 149 Works Cited | 159 Biblical Index | 175 Manuscripts Index | 177 General Index | 179
£73.95
Fordham University Press Guides to the Eucharist in Medieval Egypt
Book SynopsisAn English translation of three key texts on the Coptic liturgy by Abū al-Barakāt ibn Kabar, Yūḥannā ibn Sabbā‘, and Pope Gabriel V. With a scholarly introduction to the works, their authors, and the Coptic liturgy, as well as a detailed explanatory apparatus, this volume provides a useful and needed introduction to the worship tradition of Egypt’s Coptic Christians.Table of ContentsPreface | ix Editorial Notes | xi List of Abbreviations | xiii Manuscripts | xv Map of Egypt | xviii Introduction | 1 1 Abū al-Barakāt ibn Kabar, The Lamp of Darkness | 31 2 Yūḥannā ibn Sabbā‘, The Precious Jewel | 60 3 Gabriel V, The Ritual Order | 108 Appendix: Coptic Liturgical Chants | 143 Glossary | 149 Works Cited | 159 Biblical Index | 175 Manuscripts Index | 177 General Index | 179
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC History of Philosophy Volume 2
Book SynopsisCopleston, in the second volume of A History of Philosophy, deals with the reconciliation of philosophy and theology of the early Christian period to the thirteenth century.Frederick Copleston was Professor of the History of Philosophy and Dean of the Faculty of Theology at London University. This eleven-volume work is one of the most remarkable single-handed scholarly enterprises of modern times. Volume 2 covers Anselm of Canterbury, Thomas Aquinas, Augustine of Hippo, Averroes, Avicenna, Boethius, Bonaventure, Maimonides and Duns Scotus.The book covers the Patristic period, including the work of Augustine, and then considers the Carolingian renaissance, Islamic and Jewish philosophy, before finally going into extensive detail on the thought of Aquinas and Scotus.Brimming with detail and enthusiasm, A History of Philosophy gives an accessible account of philosophers from all eras and explains their works in relation to other philosophers. Each volume is an ideal guide for students studying specific eras and as a set offers a complete and unrivalled overview of the entire western philosophical tradition.Trade ReviewA monumental history . . . learned, lucid, patient and comprehensive. * New Statesman *We can only applaud at the end of each act and look forward to applauding again at the final curtain. * Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsI Introduction PART I: PRE-MEDIEVAL INFLUENCES II The Patristic Period III St. Augustine I IV St. Augustine II: Knowledge V St. Augustine III: God VI St Augustine IV: The World VII St Augustine V: Moral Theory VIII St Augustine VI: The State IX The Psuedo-Dionysus X Boethius, Cassiodorus and Isidore PART II: THE CAROLINGIAN RENAISSANCE XI The Carolingian Renaissance XII John Scotus Eriugena I XIII John Scotus Eriugena II PART III: THE TENTH, ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH CENTURY XIV The Problem of Universals XV St. Anselm of Canterbury XVI The School of Chartres XVII The School of St. Victor XVIII Dualists and Pantheists PART IV: ISLAMIC AND JEWISH PHILOSOPHY: TRANSLATIONS XIX Islamic Philosophy XX Jewish Philosophy XXI The Translations PART V: THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY XXII Introduction XXIII William of Auvergne XXIV Robert Grosseteste and Alexander of Hales XXV St. Bonaventure I XXVI St. Bonaventure II: God's Existence XXVII St. Bonaventure III: Relation of Creatures to God XXVIII St. Bonaventure IV: The Material Creation XXIX St. Bonaventure V: The Human Soul XXX St. Albert the Great XXXI St. Thomas Aquinas I XXXII St. Thomas Aquinas II: Philosophy and Theology XXXIII St. Thomas Aquinas III: Principles of Created Being XXXIV St. Thomas Aquinas IV: Proof of God's Existence XXXV: St. Thomas Aquinas V: God's Nature XXXVI: St. Thomas Aquinas VI: Creation XXXVII: St. Thomas Aquinas VII: Psychology XXXVIII: St. Thomas Aquinas VIII: Knowledge XXXIX: St. Thomas Aquinas IX: Moral Theory XL. St. Thomas Aquinas X: Political Theory XLI. I Introduction PART I: PRE-MEDIEVAL INFLUENCES II The Patristic Period III St. Augustine I IV St. Augustine II: Knowledge V St. Augustine III: God VI St Augustine IV: The World VII St Augustine V: Moral Theory VIII St Augustine VI: The State IX The Psuedo-Dionysus X Boethius, Cassiodorus and Isidore PART II: THE CAROLINGIAN RENAISSANCE XI The Carolingian Renaissance XII John Scotus Eriugena I XIII John Scotus Eriugena II PART III: THE TENTH, ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH CENTURY XIV The Problem of Universals XV St. Anselm of Canterbury XVI The School of Chartres XVII The School of St. Victor XVIII Dualists and Pantheists PART IV: ISLAMIC AND JEWISH PHILOSOPHY: TRANSLATIONS XIX Islamic Philosophy XX Jewish Philosophy XXI The Translations PART V: THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY XXII Introduction XXIII William of Auvergne XXIV Robert Grosseteste and Alexander of Hales XXV St. Bonaventure I XXVI St. Bonaventure II: God's Existence XXVII St. Bonaventure III: Relation of Creatures to God XXVIII St. Bonaventure IV: The Material Creation XXIX St. Bonaventure V: The Human Soul XXX St. Albert the Great XXXI St. Thomas Aquinas I XXXII St. Thomas Aquinas II: Philosophy and Theology XXXIII St. Thomas Aquinas III: Principles of Created Being XXXIV St. Thomas Aquinas IV: Proof of God's Existence XXXV St. Thomas Aquinas V: God's Nature XXXVI St. Thomas Aquinas VI: Creation XXXVII St. Thomas Aquinas VII: Psychology XXXVIII St. Thomas Aquinas VIII: Knowledge XXXIX St. Thomas Aquinas IX: Moral Theory XL St. Thomas Aquinas X: Political Theory XLI St. Thomas and Aristotle: Controversies XLII Latin Averroism; Siger of Brabrant XLIII Franciscan Thinkers XLIV Giles of Rome and Henry the Great XLV Scotus I XLVI Scotus II: Knowledge XLVII Scotus III: Metaphysics XLVIII Scotus IV: Natural Theolgoy XLIX Scotus V: The Soul L Scotus VI: Ethics LI Concluding Review Appendices I Honorific Titles applied in the Middle Ages to Philosophers treated in this volume II A Short Bibliography Index of names Index of subjects
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Brigham Young University Press The Physics of The Healing
Book SynopsisPart of the encyclopedia of science and philosophy, The Healing, this first volume represents arguably the most brilliant mind of late antiquity grappling with and rethinking the entire tradition of natural philosophy inherited from the Greeks as well as the physical thought of Muslim speculative theologians.
£68.40
Warburg Institute Codices Boethiani Austria Belgium Denmark
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University of London Press Codices Boethiani Italy and the Vatican City V. 3
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Warburg Institute Codices Boethiani Portugal and Spain v. 4
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Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd The Letters of Marsilio Ficino
Book SynopsisThe second volume of the letters of Marsilio Ficino, who was an influential figure of the Italian Renaissance. This translation comprises the third book of Ficino's letters (Liber III), as published during his lifetime, and dates from August 1476 to May 1477.Trade Review'A remarkable achievement. Such giants as Ficino deserve a wider audience.' UMBERTO ECHO, author of THE ROMANCE OF THE ROSE et al
£22.50
Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd The Letters of Marsilio Ficino
Book SynopsisThe third volume of the letters of Marsilio Ficino, who was an influential figure of the Italian Renaissance. It consists of the 39 letters Ficino published in his book IV, which he dedicated to Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary.
£22.50
Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd The Letters of Marsilio Ficino v 5
Book SynopsisThe fifth volume in the Letters of Marsilio Ficino series. Following the Pazzi Conspiracy of 1478, Florence was at war with both the Pope (Sixtus IV) and King Ferdinand of Naples. Prompted by the appalling conditions under which Florence suffered as a result of the war, Ficino wrote eloquent letters to the main protagonists.
£22.50
Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd The Letters of Marsilio Ficino v 6 Volume 6
Book SynopsisThe sixth volume of the Letters of Marsilio Ficino is set against the backdrop of war between the Italian states in the period 1481-84. The disruption and suffering caused by these wars is reflected in some of the letters, which contain some of Ficino's finest writing.
£22.50
Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd Evermore Shall be So
Book SynopsisThe central message of 'Parmenides', that everything depends on the One, resonates with the growing awareness around the world of the inter-relatedness of all things, be it in the biosphere, the intellectual or spiritual realms. This title features a commentary to the translation of 'Parmenides'. It is suitable for renaissance scholars.
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Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd The Letters of Marsilio Ficino 10
Book SynopsisThis series is the first English translation of the letters of the philosopher priest who helped to shape the Renaissance worldview. This volume spans the seventeen months from April 1491 to September 1492. This is a crucial period for Marsilio Ficino and Florence itself, for it witnessed the death of Lorenzo the Magnificent.Trade Review'Such giants as Ficino deserve a wider audience' Umberto Eco; "In the last two decades or so it has become very difficult to keep high scholarly standards in the humanities ... In such circumstances it is almost a miracle to find the recent tenth volume in this ambitious and important project of providing English translations to Marsilio Ficino's letters, containing book 11 of Ficino's letters ... All in all this volume is an example of the high scholarly standards essential to the humanities." Amos Edelheit, Renaissance Quarterly; "These letters are not only a joy to read, they are deeply nourishing. Like Plato's Dialogues, they make me stand up straight and listen. Ficino's letters are witty, subtle, full of intelligence and wisdom. His words are joyful and have a poetry and intimacy that I cannot resist. If you try reading them out loud, as I did, you discover that they have a rhythm and a haunting melody all of their own. Very soon, you will find yourself admiring the rich beauty of this man." Elizabeth Medler, Editor of New Vision (www.thehamblintrust.org.uk); 'Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499) was at the very fountainhead of some of the most characteristic and influential aspects of the Italian Renaissance.' C B Schmitt, Times Literary Supplement; 'All that we regard as the norm of Western European art - Botticelli's paintings, Monteverdi's music, Shakespeare's philosophical lovers, Berowne and Lorenzo, Jacques and Portia - has flowered from Ficino's Florence. Kathleen Raine, The Times; 'Undoubtedly these letters comprise one of the "spiritual classics" of the past thousand years.' - Christopher Booker, The SpectatorTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; Letter Titles; Introduction; Translators’ Note; The Letters; Appendix Letters; Notes to the Letters; Note on the Latin Text; The Latin Text; Biographical Notes; German correspondents; Correspondents in Italy; Names from Letter; Bibliography; Index
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Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd On the Nature of Love
Book SynopsisOn the Nature of Love is a translation of Marsilio Ficino's commentary to Plato's Symposium. This edition makes Ficino's Tuscan version available to English readers for the first time. On November 7, 1468, nine men gathered at Careggi, outside Florence, to honour Plato's birthday. After the meal, the Symposium was read, and the guests now reduced to seven spoke on the nature of love. Ficino, who was also present, recorded what was said, and his report constitutes the text of his commentary. His work was eagerly taken up by court circles throughout Europe and became part of their standard fare for the next two centuries. In more recent times, Ficino's commentary has exercised the minds of theologians, philosophers, and psychologists.Trade Review"It fills a need, since these Ficinian works have never been translated into English before. Even those Anglophone scholars who know Latin still need a translation in order to read quickly through a large body of material." Carol V. Kaske, Cornell University in Renaissance Quarterly"Table of ContentsAcknowledgements, Introduction, Preface of Marsilio Ficino of Florence, SPEECHES 1-7, Index
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Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd The Letters of Marsilio Ficino: No. 1
Book SynopsisMARSILIO FICINO of Florence (1433-99) was one of the most influential thinkers of the Renaissance. He put before society a new ideal of human nature, emphasising its divine potential. As teacher and guide to a remarkable circle of men, he made a vital contribution to changes that were taking place in European thought.Trade Review"...so well translated, so well annotated and so beautifully produced that it is a pleasure to read and possess." A. Hamilton in The Heythrop Journal // "A remarkable achievement. Such giants as Ficino deserve a wider audience." Umberto Eco, author of The Name of the Rose // "From every point of view it is a pleasure to read this perfect introduction to one of the most attractive and influential figures of the Italian Renaissance." C.V. Wedgwood in The Daily TelegraphTable of ContentsLetter Titles; Preface by Prof Paul Oskar Kristeller; Introduction; Translators' Note; The Letters; Appendix I; Appendix II; Notes on the letters; Notes on Ficino's Correspondents; Bibliography; Index
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Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US Remaking Boethius The English Language
Book SynopsisThis volume is a reference work, organized chronologically in its sections, with a separate entry for each translator's work. The sections are defined by the type of translations they comprise. The plan of the book is encyclopedic in nature: some biographical material is provided for each translator; the translations are described briefly, as are their linguistic peculiarities, their implied audiences, their links with other translations, and their general reception. Sample passages from the translations are provided, and where possible these samples are taken from two of the most well-known moments in the Consolatio: the appearance of Lady Philosophy, narrated by the Prisoner, and the cosmological hymn to the Deus of the work, sung by Lady Philosophy. Where possible, an attempt also has been made to keep the general appearance of the original printed pages. Orthographic peculiarities (in spelling, capitalization, indentation, etc.) except for the elongated s have been maintained. Notes inserted by the translators or editors upon the passages transcribed in this volume are maintained as footnotes. These notes are included because they reveal much about the scholarship that the translators bring to their work of translating. The notes signal the translators' familiarity with commentaries and earlier Consolatio translations, and they help to identify the types of audiences targeted by the translators (whether general or scholarly). The notes indicate points in the text (either grammatical or cultural) that translators or editors deemed needful of clarification for their readers, but the notes often also represent actual borrowings of notes, sometimes verbatim, from earlier translations. Such borrowed notes help to establish or verify lines of affiliation between the translations.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction Prologue. The Foundation of the Tradition: The Latin De consolatione philosophiae Part I. Complete Translations into English of De consolatione philosophiae Part II. Partial or Abridged Translations into English of De consolatione philosophiae Part III. Translations into English of the Meters or Selected Meters of De consolatione philosophiae Part IV. Spurious, Mislabeled, or Lost Translations of De consolatione philosophiae Part V. Modern English Translations of Old English Prose and Verse Translations of De consolatione philosophiae Attributed to King Alfred the Great Part VI. An Early Adaptation of Chaucer’s Translation of De consolatione philosophiae with Commentary Interspersed Part VII. Some Minor Uses of Translations or Adaptations of Passages from De consolatione philosophiae Part VIII. Two Early Discussions on De consolatione philosophiae Translation Epilogue. Some Relevant Definitions: Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary
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WW Norton & Co On Machiavelli
Book SynopsisAn essential, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the life and works of Machiavelli.Trade Review"A brief and pithy summary of the contributions of Niccolò Machiavelli, a pivotal figure in modern political thought who is nevertheless often misunderstood…. Ryan’s summary is accompanied by fairly substantial extracts from Machiavelli’s key texts, allowing this book to serve as a teaching resource as well as a concise and readable introduction to its subject." -- Booklist"Alan Ryan captures Machiavelli’s hold on the modern moral imagination when he says, “The staying power of The Prince comes from…its insistence on the need for a clear-sighted appreciation of how men really are as distinct from the moralizing claptrap about how they ought to be.” This moral clarity remains bracing in an era like our own, when politicians hide the necessary ruthlessness of political life behind the rhetoric of family values and Christian principles …. We are still drawn to Machiavelli because we sense how impatient he was with the equivalent flummery in his own day, and how determined he was to confront a problem that preoccupies us too: when and how much ruthlessness is necessary in the world of politics." -- Michael Ignatieff - The Atlantic
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Duns Scotus Philosophical Writings
Book SynopsisCovers topics such as Concerning Metaphysics, Man's Knowledge of God, The Existence of God, The Unicity of God, Concerning Human Knowledge, and The Spirituality and Immortality of the Human Soul.
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Ockham W Ockham Philosophical Writings
Book SynopsisContains selections of Ockham's philosophical writings which give a balanced introductory view of his work in logic, metaphysics, and ethics. This volume includes textual markings referring readers to appendices containing changes in the Latin text.Table of ContentsEditorial note; Editor's introduction; Bibliographical note; The Notion of Knowledge or Science; Epistemological problems; Logical problems; The theory of 'Supposito'; Truth; Inferential Operations; Being, Essence and Existence; The Possibility of a Natural Theology; The Proof of God's Existence; God's Causality and Foreknowledge; Physics and Ethics; Appendices.
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Selected Philosophical Papers of Robert Boyle
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Malebranche Philosophical Selections
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc The Journey of the Mind to God
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Against the Academicians and The Teacher
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Monologion and Proslogion
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWilliams's translations are scrupulously faithful and accurate without being slavishly literal, and yet are lively and graceful.--Paul Vincent Spade, Indiana University
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Abelard Ethical Writings
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe best translation of these two treatises available in any language: accurate, lively, and readable. --Peter King, The Ohio State UniversityThis volume is excellent. The introduction presents the readings in a clear manner, one that is direct and comprehensible. Similarly, the translation is highly readable. The notes are helpful without being intrusive. In short, this is a volume I have enjoyed using with graduate students and will certainly plan to use with undergraduates. --Charles E. Butterworth, University of Maryland at College Park
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas Volume 1
Book SynopsisIncludes the whole of the First Part of the Summa Theologica. Pegis''s revision and correction of the English Dominican Translation renders Aquinas'' technical terminology consistently as it conveys the directness and simplicity of Aquinas'' writing; the Introduction, notes, and index aim at giving the text its proper historical setting, and the reader the means of studying St. Thomas within that setting.Table of ContentsContents: God and the Order of Creation. Summa Theologica, Part I (complete) I. God: The Divine Unity (Qs. 1-26) II. God: The Divine Persons (Qs. 27-43) III. Creation in General (Qs. 44-49) IV. The Angels (Qs. 50-64) V. The Work of the Six Days (Qs. 65-74) VI. Man (Qs. 75-89) VII. On the First Man (Qs. 90-102) VIII. The Divine Government (Qs. 103- 119).
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas Volume 1
Book SynopsisIncludes the whole of the First Part of the Summa Theologica. Pegis''s revision and correction of the English Dominican Translation renders Aquinas'' technical terminology consistently as it conveys the directness and simplicity of Aquinas'' writing; the Introduction, notes, and index aim at giving the text its proper historical setting, and the reader the means of studying St. Thomas within that setting.Table of ContentsContents: God and the Order of Creation. Summa Theologica, Part I (complete) I. God: The Divine Unity (Qs. 1-26) II. God: The Divine Persons (Qs. 27-43) III. Creation in General (Qs. 44-49) IV. The Angels (Qs. 50-64) V. The Work of the Six Days (Qs. 65-74) VI. Man (Qs. 75-89) VII. On the First Man (Qs. 90-102) VIII. The Divine Government (Qs. 103- 119).
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas Volume 2
Book SynopsisIncludes substantial selections from the Second Part of the Summa Theologica and the Summa Contra Gentiles. Pegis''s revision and correction of the English Dominican Translation renders Aquinas'' technical terminology consistently as it conveys the directness and simplicity of Aquinas'' writing; the Introduction, notes, and index aim at giving the text its proper historical setting, and the reader the means of studying St. Thomas within that setting.Table of ContentsContents: Man and the Conduct of Life. Summa Contra Gentiles (III, chs. 1-113) IX. The End of Man (ch. 1-63) X. Man and the Providence of God (ch. 64-113) Summa Theologica, First Part of the Second Part XI. Human Acts (Qs. 6-21) XII. Habits, Virtues and Vices (Qs. 49-89) XIII. Law (Qs. 90-108) XIV. Grace (Qs. 109-114) Summa Theologica, Second Part of the Second Part XV. Faith (Qs. 1-7).
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas 2 Volume Set
Book SynopsisVolume 1 includes the whole of the First Part of the Summa Theologica. Pegis's revision and correction of the English Dominican Translation renders Aquinas' technical terminology consistently as it conveys the directness and simplicity of Aquinas' writing; the Introduction, notes, and index aim at giving the text its proper historical setting, and the reader the means of studying St. Thomas within that setting. Volume 2 includes substantial selections from the Second Part of the Summa Theologica and the Summa Contra Gentiles. Pegis's revision and correction of the English Dominican Translation renders Aquinas' technical terminology consistently as it conveys the directness and simplicity of Aquinas' writing; the Introduction, notes, and index aim at giving the text its proper historical setting, and the reader the means of studying St. Thomas within that setting.
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Augustine On the Inner Life of the Mind Hackett
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc On Human Nature
Book SynopsisThis volume begins with excerpts from Aquinas'' commentary on De Anima, excerpts that proceed from a general consideration of soul as common to all living things to a consideration of the animal soul and, finally, to what is peculiar to the human soul. These are followed by the Treatise on Man, Aquinas'' most famous discussion of human nature, but one whose organization is dictated by theological concerns and whose philosophical importance is thus best appreciated when seen as presented here: within the historical philosophical framework of which it constitutes a development. Aquinas'' discussions of the will and the passions follow, providing fruitful points of comparison with other philosophers.Trade ReviewThe substantial Introduction and the selection have been done . . . extremely well. The Introduction makes illuminating connections between the thought of Aquinas and Descartes. . . . The book’s usefulness is enhanced by the bibliography.--Ian Markham, Theological Book Review
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