{"product_id":"pagans-and-philosophers-9780691142555","title":"Pagans and Philosophers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the turn of the fifth century to the beginning of the eighteenth, Christian writers were fascinated and troubled by the \"Problem of Paganism,\" which this book identifies and examines for the first time. How could the wisdom and virtue of the great thinkers of antiquity be reconciled with the fact that they were pagans and, many thought, damned\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2015 \"[An] excellent book... If Marenbon leaves a stone unturned ... I didn't notice it... [He] builds a powerful case.\"--Peter Adamson, Times Literary Supplement \"Fascinating ... Marenbon constantly cuts across the standard discussions at a fresh angle, bringing new connections to light.\"---Noel Malcolm, Standpoint \"This reviewer has been waiting for this book for a long time... [Pagans and Philosophers] is fascinating, exciting, compelling, and well worth the wait.\"--Choice \"Overall this is a magnificent study in the history of ideas, executed with great lucidity and exemplary scholarship.\"--John Cottingham, The Tablet \"Beautifully written, highly interesting (never dry or dull), and deserves a wide readership. It is enthusiastically recommended.\"--Carole M. Cusack, Speculum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface ix  A Note on References and Citations xi  Introduction: The Problem of Paganism 1  Part I: The Problem Takes Shape  Chapter 1 Prelude: Before Augustine 19  Chapter 2 Augustine 23  Chapter 3 Boethius 42  Part II: From Alcuin to Langland  Chapter 4 The Early Middle Ages and the Christianization of Europe 57  Chapter 5 Abelard 73  Chapter 6 John of Salisbury and the Encyclopaedic Tradition 95  Chapter 7 Arabi, Mongolia and Beyond: Contemporary Pagans in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries 109  Chapter 8 Aristotelian Wisdom: Unity, Rejection or Relativism 127  Chapter 9 University Theologians on Pagan Virtue and Salvation 160  Chapter 10 Dante and Boccaccio 188  Chapter 11 Langland and Chaucer 214  Part III: The Continuity of the Problem of Paganism, 1400-1700  Chapter 12 Pagan Knowledge, 1400-1700 235  Chapter 13 Pagan Virtue, 1400-1700 263  Chapter 14 The Salvation of Pagans, 1400-1700 281  Epilogue: Leibniz and China 301  General Conclusion 304  Bibliography 307  Index 339","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403769389399,"sku":"9780691142555","price":33.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691142555.jpg?v=1730484489","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/pagans-and-philosophers-9780691142555","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}