Author: Jeffrey E. Brower
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521775960
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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The Cambridge Companion to Abelard
Author: Jeffrey E. Brower
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521775960
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521775960
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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The Philosophy of Peter Abelard
Author: John Marenbon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521663991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
This book offers a major reassessment of the philosophy of Peter Abelard (1079-1142) which shows that he was a far more constructive and wider-ranging thinker than has usually been supposed. It combines detailed historical discussion, based on published and manuscript sources, with philosophical analysis which aims to make clear Abelard's central arguments about the nature of things, language and the mind, and about morality. Although the book concentrates on these philosophical questions, it places them within their theological and wider intellectual context.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521663991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
This book offers a major reassessment of the philosophy of Peter Abelard (1079-1142) which shows that he was a far more constructive and wider-ranging thinker than has usually been supposed. It combines detailed historical discussion, based on published and manuscript sources, with philosophical analysis which aims to make clear Abelard's central arguments about the nature of things, language and the mind, and about morality. Although the book concentrates on these philosophical questions, it places them within their theological and wider intellectual context.
The Cambridge Companion to Atheism
Author: Michael Martin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139827391
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
In this 2007 volume, eighteen of the world's leading scholars present original essays on various aspects of atheism: its history, both ancient and modern, defense and implications. The topic is examined in terms of its implications for a wide range of disciplines including philosophy, religion, feminism, postmodernism, sociology and psychology. In its defense, both classical and contemporary theistic arguments are criticized, and, the argument from evil, and impossibility arguments, along with a non religious basis for morality are defended. These essays give a broad understanding of atheism and a lucid introduction to this controversial topic.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139827391
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
In this 2007 volume, eighteen of the world's leading scholars present original essays on various aspects of atheism: its history, both ancient and modern, defense and implications. The topic is examined in terms of its implications for a wide range of disciplines including philosophy, religion, feminism, postmodernism, sociology and psychology. In its defense, both classical and contemporary theistic arguments are criticized, and, the argument from evil, and impossibility arguments, along with a non religious basis for morality are defended. These essays give a broad understanding of atheism and a lucid introduction to this controversial topic.
The Cambridge Companion to Boethius
Author: John Marenbon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139828150
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
Boethius (c.480–c.525/6), though a Christian, worked in the tradition of the Neoplatonic schools, with their strong interest in Aristotelian logic and Platonic metaphysics. He is best known for his Consolation of Philosophy, which he wrote in prison awaiting execution. His works also include a long series of logical translations, commentaries and monographs and some short but densely-argued theological treatises, all of which were enormously influential on medieval thought. But Boethius was more than a writer who passed on important ancient ideas to the Middle Ages. The essays here by leading specialists, which cover all the main aspects of his writing and its influence, show that he was a distinctive thinker, whose arguments repay careful analysis and who used his literary talents in conjunction with his philosophical abilities to present a complex view of the world.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139828150
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
Boethius (c.480–c.525/6), though a Christian, worked in the tradition of the Neoplatonic schools, with their strong interest in Aristotelian logic and Platonic metaphysics. He is best known for his Consolation of Philosophy, which he wrote in prison awaiting execution. His works also include a long series of logical translations, commentaries and monographs and some short but densely-argued theological treatises, all of which were enormously influential on medieval thought. But Boethius was more than a writer who passed on important ancient ideas to the Middle Ages. The essays here by leading specialists, which cover all the main aspects of his writing and its influence, show that he was a distinctive thinker, whose arguments repay careful analysis and who used his literary talents in conjunction with his philosophical abilities to present a complex view of the world.
The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Ethics
Author: Thomas Williams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107167744
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Offers historical and topical chapters on the whole range of medieval ethical thought in Christian, Jewish, and Islamic philosophy.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107167744
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Offers historical and topical chapters on the whole range of medieval ethical thought in Christian, Jewish, and Islamic philosophy.
The Cambridge Companion to Anselm
Author: Brian Davies
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521002059
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521002059
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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The Cambridge Companion to Ockham
Author: Paul Vincent Spade
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521587907
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Offers a full discussion of all significant aspects of this medieval philosopher's thought.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521587907
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Offers a full discussion of all significant aspects of this medieval philosopher's thought.
The Cambridge Companion to Alexander Pope
Author: Pat Rogers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139827324
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Alexander Pope was the greatest poet of his age and the dominant influence on eighteenth-century British poetry. His large oeuvre, written over a thirty-year period, encompasses satires, odes and political verse and reflects the sexual, moral and cultural issues of the world around him, often in brilliant lines and phrases which have become part of our language today. This is the first overview to analyse the full range of Pope's work and to set it in its historical and cultural context. Specially commissioned essays by leading scholars explore all of Pope's major works, including the sexual politics of The Rape of the Lock, the philosophical enquiries of An Essay on Man and the Moral Essays, and the mock-heroic of The Dunciad in its various forms. This volume will be indispensable not only for students and scholars of Pope's work, but also for all those interested in the Augustan age.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139827324
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Alexander Pope was the greatest poet of his age and the dominant influence on eighteenth-century British poetry. His large oeuvre, written over a thirty-year period, encompasses satires, odes and political verse and reflects the sexual, moral and cultural issues of the world around him, often in brilliant lines and phrases which have become part of our language today. This is the first overview to analyse the full range of Pope's work and to set it in its historical and cultural context. Specially commissioned essays by leading scholars explore all of Pope's major works, including the sexual politics of The Rape of the Lock, the philosophical enquiries of An Essay on Man and the Moral Essays, and the mock-heroic of The Dunciad in its various forms. This volume will be indispensable not only for students and scholars of Pope's work, but also for all those interested in the Augustan age.
The Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott
Author: Efraim Podoksik
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521147921
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
A systematic and accessible presentation of the ideas of one of the leading British philosophers of the twentieth century.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521147921
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
A systematic and accessible presentation of the ideas of one of the leading British philosophers of the twentieth century.
The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Poetry
Author: John Sitter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521658850
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Poetry analyzes major premises, preoccupations, and practices of English poets writing from 1700 to the 1790s. These specially-commissioned essays avoid familiar categories and single-author approaches to look at the century afresh. Chapters consider such large poetic themes as nature, the city, political passions, the relation of death to desire and dreams, appeals to an imagined future, and the meanings of 'sensibility'. Other chapters explore historical developments such as the connection between poetic couplets and conversation, the conditions of publication, changing theories of poetry and imagination, growing numbers of women poets and readers, the rise of a self-consciously national tradition, and the place of lyric poetry in thought and practice. The essays are well supported by supplementary material including a chronology of the period and detailed guides to further reading. Altogether the volume provides an invaluable resource for scholars and students.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521658850
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Poetry analyzes major premises, preoccupations, and practices of English poets writing from 1700 to the 1790s. These specially-commissioned essays avoid familiar categories and single-author approaches to look at the century afresh. Chapters consider such large poetic themes as nature, the city, political passions, the relation of death to desire and dreams, appeals to an imagined future, and the meanings of 'sensibility'. Other chapters explore historical developments such as the connection between poetic couplets and conversation, the conditions of publication, changing theories of poetry and imagination, growing numbers of women poets and readers, the rise of a self-consciously national tradition, and the place of lyric poetry in thought and practice. The essays are well supported by supplementary material including a chronology of the period and detailed guides to further reading. Altogether the volume provides an invaluable resource for scholars and students.