Logic, Theology and Poetry in Boethius, Anselm, Abelard, and Alan of Lille

Words in the Absence of Things
2006. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-4039-6972-9
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 390 g

Reihe: The New Middle Ages

This interdisciplinary study offers an interpretation of the major logical, philosophical/theological and poetic writings of Boethius, Abelard and Alan of Lille. The author examines their theories of language and the ways in which they explore how words illuminate things, how the mind comprehends God and how the individual reaches beatitude.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sweeney, E.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Words in the Absence of Things Boethius: Translation, Transfer, and Transport Abelard: A Twelfth Century Hermeneutics of Suspicion Alan of Lille: Language and its Peregrinations To and From Divine Unity Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

EILEEN C. SWEENEY is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston College, USA.