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Peter Adamson presents a lively introduction to six hundred years of European philosophy, from the beginning of the ninth century to the end of the fourteenth century. The medieval period is one of the richest in the history of philosophy, yet one of the least widely known. Adamson introduces us to some of the greatest thinkers of the Western intellectual tradition, including Peter Abelard, Anselm of Canterbury, Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, and Roger Bacon. And the medieval period was notable for the emergence of great women thinkers, including Hildegard of Bingen, Marguerite Porete, and Julian of Norwich. Original ideas and arguments were developed in every branch of philosophy during this period - not just philosophy of religion and theology, but metaphysics, philosophy of logic and language, moral and political theory, psychology, and the foundations of mathematics and natural science.
Preface
Early Medieval Philosophy
1:Arts of Darkness: Introduction to Medieval Philosophy
2:Charles in Charge: Alcuin and the Carolingian Period
3:Grace Notes: Eriugena and the Predestination Controversy
4:Much Ado About Nothing: Eriugena's Periphyseon
5:Philosophers Anonymous: The Roots of Scholasticism
6:Virgin Territory: Peter Damian on Changing the Past
7:A Canterbury Tale: Anselm's Life and Works
8:Somebody's Perfect: Anselm's Ontological Argument
9:All or Nothing: The Problem of Universals
10:Get Thee to a Nunnery: Heloise and Abelard
11:It's the Thought that Counts: Abelard's Ethics
12:Learn Everything: The Victorines
13:Like Father, Like Son: Debates over the Trinity
14:On the Shoulders of Giants: Philosophy at Chartres
15:The Good Book: Philosophy of Nature
16:One of a Kind: Gilbert of Poitiers on Individuation
17:Two Swords: Early Medieval Political Philosophy
18:Law and Order: Peter Lombard and Gratian
19:Leading Light: Hildegard of Bingen
20:Rediscovery Channel: Translations into Latin
21:Straw Men: The Rise of the Universities
The Thirteenth Century
22:No Uncertain Terms: Thirteenth Century Logic
23:Full of Potential: Thirteenth Century Physics
24:Stayin' Alive: Thirteenth Century Psychology
25:It's All Good: The Transcendentals
26:Do the Right Thing: Thirteenth Century Ethics
27:A Light That Never Goes Out: Robert Grosseteste
28: Origin of Species: Roger Bacon
29:Stairway to Heaven: Bonaventure
30:Your Attention Please: Peter Olivi
31:None for Me, Thanks: Franciscan Poverty
32:Begin the Beguine: Hadewijch and Mechtild
33:Binding Arbitration: Robert Kilwardby
34:Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Albert the Great's Natural Philosophy
35:The Shadow Knows: Albert the Great's Metaphysics
36:The Ox Heard Round the World: Thomas Aquinas
37:Everybody Needs Some Body: Aquinas on Soul and Knowledge
38:What Comes Naturally: Ethics in Albert and Aquinas
39:What Pleases the Prince: The Rule of Law
40:Onward Christian Soldiers: Just War Theory
41:Paris When it Sizzles: The Condemnations
42:Masters of the University: "Latin Averroism"
43:The Neverending Story: The Eternity of the World
44: Let Me Count the Ways: Speculative Grammar
45:Love, Reign Over Me: the Romance of the Rose
46:Frequently Asked Questions: Henry of Ghent
47:Here Comes the Son: The Trinity and the Eucharist
48:Once and for All: Scotus on Being
49:To Will or Not to Will: Scotus on Freedom
50: On Command: Scotus' Ethics
51:One in a Million: Scotus on Universals and Individuals
The Fourteenth Century
52:Time of the Signs: the Fourteenth Century
53:After Virtue: Marguerite Porete
54:To Hell and Back: Dante Alighieri
55:Church and State: Theories of Political Authority
56:Keeping the Peace: Marsilius of Padua
57: Do As You're Told: Ockham on Ethics and Political Philosophy
58:A Close Shave: Ockham's Nominalism
59:What Do You Think? Ockham on Mental Language
60:Keeping it Real: Responses to Ockham
61:Back to the Future: Divine Foreknowledge
62:Trivial Pursuits: Fourteenth Century Logic
63:Quadrivial Pursuits: the Oxford Calculators
64:Get to the Point: Fourteenth Century Physics
65:Portrait of the Artist: John Buridan
66:Seeing is Believing: Nicholas of Autrecourt's Skepticism
67:On the Money: Medieval Economic Theory
68:Down to the Ground: Meister Eckhart
69:Men in Black: The German Dominicans
70:A Wing and a Prayer: Angels in Medieval Philosophy
71:Alle Maner of Thyng Shall be Welle: English Mysticism
72:Say it With Poetry: Chaucer and Langland
73:The Good Wife: Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages
74:The Most Christian Doctor: Jean Gerson
75:Morning Star of the Reformation: John Wyclif
76:The Prague Spring: Scholasticism Across Europe
77:Renaissance Men: Ramon Llull and Petrarch
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Peter Adamson presents a lively introduction to six hundred years of European philosophy, from the beginning of the ninth century to the end of the fourteenth century. The medieval period is one of the richest in the history of philosophy, yet one of the least widely known. Adamson introduces us to some of the greatest thinkers of the Western intellectual tradition, including Peter Abelard, Anselm of Canterbury, Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, and Roger Bacon. And the medieval period was notable for the emergence of great women thinkers, including Hildegard of Bingen, Marguerite Porete, and Julian of Norwich. Original ideas and arguments were developed in every branch of philosophy during this period - not just philosophy of religion and theology, but metaphysics, philosophy of logic and language, moral and political theory, psychology, and the foundations of mathematics and natural science.
