Medieval philosophy [[electronic resource] /] / Anthony Kenny

• Autore: Kenny Anthony <1931->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Clarendon Press; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Disciplina: 189
• Soggetto topico: Philosophy, Medieval; Philosophy, Medieval - History; Philosophy - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-326) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Map; Introduction; 1. Philosophy and Faith: Augustine to Maimonides; 2. The Schoolmen: From the Twelfth Century to the Renaissance; 3. Logic and Language; 4. Knowledge; 5. Physics; 6. Metaphysics; 7. Mind and Soul; 8. Ethics; 9. God; Chronology; List of Abbreviations and Conventions; Bibliography; List of Illustrations; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Sir Anthony Kenny continues his magisterial new history of Western philosophy with a fascinating guide through more than a millennium of thought from 400 AD onwards, charting the story of philosophy from the founders of Christian and Islamic thought through to the Renaissance. The middle ages saw a great flourishing of philosophy, and the intellectual endeavour of the era reaches its climax in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, with the systems of such great thinkers as Thomas. Aquinas and John Duns Scotus. Specially written for a broad popular readership, but serious and deep enough to
• Titolo autorizzato: Medieval philosophy
• ISBN: 1-280-75411-7; 0-19-152498-0; 1-4294-6995-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451636603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New History of Western Philosophy, Volume 2