Medieval philosophy and the classical tradition in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity / / edited by John Inglis

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , [2003]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (285 p.)
• Disciplina: 189
• Soggetto topico: Philosophy, Medieval; Islamic philosophy; Jewish philosophy; Philosophy, Ancient - Influence
• Altri autori: InglisJohn <1954->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Towards a Balanced Historiography of Medieval Philosophy; Section One Historical Context; 1. Medieval Islamic Philosophy and the Classical Tradition; Section Two Philosophy; 2. A Philosophical Odyssey: Ghazzali's Intentions of the Philosophers; 3. The Relationship between Averroes and al-Ghazali: As it Presents itself in Averroes' Early Writings, especially in his Commentary on al-Ghazali's al-Mustasfa; 4. Al-Ghazali and Halevi on Philosophy and the Philosophers ; Section Three Neoplatonism5. Projection and Time in Proclus; 6. Forms of Knowledge in the Arabic Plotinus; 7. Secundum Rei Vim Vel Secundum Cognoscentium Facultatem: Knower and Known in the Consolation of Philopsophy of Boethius and the Proslogion of Anselm; 8. Proclean 'Remaining' and Avicenna on Existence as Accident: Neoplatonic Methodology and a Defense of 'Pre-Existing' Essences; 9. Augustine vs Plotinus: The Uniqueness of the Vision of Ostia; Section Four Creation; 10. Infinite Power and Plenitude: Two Traditions on the Necessity of the Eternal ; 11. The Challenge to Medieval Christian Philosophy: Relating Creator to CreaturesSection Five Virtue; 12. Three Kinds of Objectivity; 13. On Defining Maimonides' Aristotelianism; 14. Porphyry, Bonaventure and Thomas Aquinas: A Neoplatonic Hierarchy of Virtues and Two Christian Appropriations; Section Six The Lating Reception; 15. William of Auvergne and the Aristotelians: The Nature of a Servant; 16. Is God a "What"?: Avicenna, William of Auvergne, and Aquinas on the Divine Essence; 17. Maimonides and Roger Bacon: Did Roger Bacon Read Maimonides?; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: An initial chapter on the history of Islamic philosophy sets the stage for sixteen articles on issues across the three traditions. The goal is to see the Islamic tradition in its own richness and complexity as the context of most Jewish intellectual work.
• Titolo autorizzato: Medieval philosophy and the classical tradition in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity
• ISBN: 1-135-79087-6; 1-135-79088-4; 1-280-28131-6; 9786610281312; 0-203-98875-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783703003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II