A Twelfth-Century Philosopher in His Context and Ours
E-Book, Englisch, Web PDF
Reihe: Conway Lectures in Medieval Studies
ISBN: 978-0-268-08672-5
Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
For readers new to Abelard, this book provides an introduction to his life and works along with discussion of his central ideas in semantics, ethics, metaphysics, and philosophy of religion. For specialists, the book contains new arguments about the authenticity and chronology of Abelard's logical work, fresh evidence about his relations with Anselm and Hugh of St. Victor, a new understanding of how he combines the necessity of divine action with human freedom, and reinterpretations of important passages in which he discusses semantics and metaphysics. For all historians of philosophy, it sets out and illustrates a new methodological approach, which can be used for any thinker in any period and will help to overcome the divisions between "historians" based in philosophy departments and scholars with historical or philological training.