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Readings in Medieval Philosophy

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ISBN-10: 0195092937

ISBN-13: 9780195092936

Edition: 1996

Authors: Andrew B. Schoedinger

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This anthology of medieval philosophy collects 54 readings - many of them not widely available - by the most important and influential Christian, Jewish, and Muslim philosophers of the middle ages. The readings are organized into nine thematic sections; the six readings comprising each section are arranged chronologically within it. Each reading is preceded by a biographical note on the author and by a brief explanatory epitome.
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List price: $139.99
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/4/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 864
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.46" long x 1.46" tall
Weight: 2.750
Language: English

The Existence of God
The Free Choice of the Will, Book II, Chapters 3-15, St. Augustine
The Proof of God's Existence from The Metaphysica of Avicenna, Avicenna
Proslogium, Preface and Chapters I-IV
An Appendix in Behalf of the Fool by Gaunilon and Anselm's Apologetic, St. Anselm and Gaunilon
The Trinity, Or The First Principle, Chapters I-III, William of Auvergne
Summa Theologica
Question I, Articles 1 and 2
Question II, Articles 1, 2 and 3, St, Thomas Aquinas
"On the Existence of God" from A Treatise on God as First Principle, John Duns Scotus
Ethics and the Problem of Evil
"The Nature of Evil" from The Divine Names, Chapter 4, Pseudo-Dionysius
The Improvement of the Moral Qualities, Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Ethics, Prologue and Chapters I-XVI, Peter Abelard
Laws Concerning Character Traits, Moses Maimonides
"Disputed Questions Concerning Evil" from De Malo
Question One, Articles 1-4 and Question Three, Article 1, St.Thomas Aquinas
God and Creatures
The Quodlibetal Questions
Question 18, Articles I-III, John Duns Scotus
God's Foreknowledge and Free Will
The Consolation of Philosophy, Book V, Boethius
Foreknowledge and Free Choice, Chapters 1-4, St. Anselm
"On God's Knowledge" from On the Harmony of Religion and Philosophy, Averroes
"God's Causality and Foreknowledge"
Quodlibeta, III, Question iii and Ordinatio, D. XXXVIII, Question unica, William of Ockham
The Wars of the Lord, Book III, Divine Knowledge, Levi ben Gerson
A Quodlibetal Question on Future Contingents Disputed at Louvain in the year 1465, Peter de Rivo
Theology
On the Immortality of the Soul, St. Augustine
Letter to Charlemagne: On the Being (Substantia) of Nothing and Shadows, Fridugisus of Tours
"On the Trinity" from Periphyseon, Book II; 561C-579D, John Scotus Eriugena
Letter on Divine Omnipotence, Selections, St. Peter Damian
Grace and Free Choice, St. Anselm
Disputed Questions on the Mystery of the Trinity
Question II, Articles I and II, St. Bonaventure
Political Philosophy
The Perfect State, Section V
Chapter 15, Al-Farabi
The Policraticus, Book Four, Prologue and Chapters I-IV, John of Salisbury
On Kingship to the King of Cyprus, Book One, Chapters I, II and VI, Book Two, Chapter III, St. Thomas Aquinas
On Royal and Papal Power, Prologue and Chapters 1-7, John of Paris
The Defender of Peace, Discourse One, Chapters II and VIII-XIII, Marsilius of Padua
Eight Questions on the Power of the Pope, Question II, Chapters I and VII
Dialogus de Potestate Papae et Imperatoris
Treatise ii
Book II, Chapters 26-28, William of Ockham
Knowledge and Sensation
The Trinity, Selections on Knowledge, St. Augustine
Summa Theologica, Part I, Question LXXXIV, Articles 6-8
Question LXXXV, Articles 1-8: Question LXXXVI, Articles 1-4 and Question LXXXVIII, Articles 1-3, St. Thomas Aquinas
Disputed Questions on Faith and Knowledge, Question I, Matthew of Aquasparta
Two Letters to Bernard of Arezzo, Nicolaus of Autrecourt
Commentary on Aristotle's De Anima, Book II, Questions 9-11, Jean Buridan
Prologue and Chapter 1, "On the Causes of Marvels Involving Vision, from De causis mirabilium, Nicole Oresme
Universals
Glosses on Porphyry from Logica Ingredientibus, "On Universals", Peter Abelard
The Metalogicon, Book II, Chapters 17-20