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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973913703321

Autore

Marenbon John

Titolo

Boethius / / John Marenbon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003

ISBN

1-280-47311-8

9786610473113

0-19-803064-9

1-4237-5760-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

Great medieval thinkers

Disciplina

189

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-235) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations of Boethius's Works -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Life, Intellectual Milieu, and Works -- 3 Boethius's Project: The Logical Translations and Commentaries -- 4 The Logical Textbooks and Topical Reasoning: Types of Argument -- 5 The Opuscula Sacra: Metaphysics, Theology, and Logical Method -- 6 The Consolation: The Argument of Books I-V.2 -- 7 The Consolation, V.3-6: Divine Prescience, Contingency, Eternity -- 8 Interpreting the Consolation -- 9 Boethius's Influence in the Middle Ages -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Locorum -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- H -- I -- J -- P -- T -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V.

Sommario/riassunto

This accessible introduction to the thought of Boethius offers a survey of the philosopher's life and work, going on to explicate his theological method. It devotes separate chapters to his various arguments and traces his influence on the work of such thinkers as Aquinas and Duns Scotus.