Individuation in Scholasticism
Author: Jorge J. E. Gracia
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1994-07-01
Total Pages: 638
ISBN-13: 143840459X
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Individuation in Scholasticism
Author: Jorge J. E. Gracia
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published: 1994-01-01
Total Pages: 640
ISBN-13: 9780791418598
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines the place of individuation in the work of over 25 scholastic writers from when Arabic and Greek thought began to impact Europe, until scholasticism died out. Experts on particular authors contribute chapters that cover all the major figures and a representative few of the lesser. Other chapters survey the problem of individuation, the medieval legacy, Islamic and Jewish thought, and the continuing scholastic influence on modern philosophy. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Individuation in scholasticism: the later Middle Ages and the counter-reformation
Author: Jorge J. E. Gracia
Publisher:
Published: 1992
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ISBN-13: 9783884050798
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMulla Sadra and Eschatology
Author: Eiyad S. Al-Kutubi
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-09-15
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 1317639065
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book explains Sadrā’s theory of the nature of afterlife. It presents Sadrā’s philosophical premises concerning the nature of human beings and their physical and psychological developments through which Sadrā shows how the afterlife is intimately connected to the nature of the human being and how it is a natural stage of the evolution of each individual in which a corporeal body has no role. Presenting Mullā Sadrā in a new light, the aim of this book is to investigate Sadrā’s metaphysical principles of the Return (al-ma‘ād) that have been either partially presented or misunderstood in most of the existing secondary literature. Focusing on Sadrā’s philosophical works, specifically the Asfār and his commentary on the Quran, this study demonstrates how Sadrā is a philosopher able to carry the premises of the previous philosophical theories to radically different conclusions. Mullā Sadrā and Eschatology demonstrates the manner in which Sadrā explains the Return as presented in the Quran and Hadith, but also shows how he presents the Return as a natural stage of the evolution of human beings in which a corporeal body has no role. Thus, Sadrā offers a plausible philosophical explanation to the problem of bodily resurrection that had occupied Muslim philosophers for centuries. Explaining Mullā Sadrā ‘s distinctive method of "doing" philosophy, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Islamic Philosophy, Religion and Islamic Studies more broadly.
Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy, Volume 3
Author: Robert Pasnau
Publisher: Oxford Studies in Medieval Phi
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 0198743793
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy showcases the best scholarly research in this flourishing field. The series covers all aspects of medieval philosophy, including the Latin, Arabic, and Hebrew traditions, and runs from the end of antiquity into the Renaissance. It publishes new work by leading scholars in the field, and combines historical scholarship with philosophical acuteness. The papers will address a wide range of topics, from political philosophy to ethics, and logic to metaphysics. OSMP is an essential resource for anyone working in the area.
The Concept of Contraction in Giordano Bruno's Philosophy
Author: Leo Catana
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-09-08
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 1351892452
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough the concept of contraction, Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) endeavoured to explain the relationship of God to his Creation in a way that conformed with his pantheistic view of nature as well as his heterodox view of man’s relationship to God. The concept of contraction is twofold. In the ontological sense it denotes the way in which the One, or God, descends to multiplicity. In the noetic sense it accounts for the ways in which the individual human soul ascends towards God through a reversed process of contemplation. Bruno denied the efficacy of the several psychical, psychological and medical states traditionally thought to aid contemplation and noetic ascent towards God. In his view the only means was philosophical contemplation, the use of memory being one important form. Philosophical contemplation elevated the mind from the fragmented multiplicity of sense impressions to an understanding of the principles governing the sensible world. This publication is the first book-length study dedicated to concept of contraction in Bruno’s philosophy. Moreover, it explores his sources for this concept. Traditionally Ficino’s translation of Plotinus, dating from the second half of the fifteenth century, has been seen as a key source to the Neoplatonism informing Bruno’s philosophy. In The Concept of Contraction in Giordano Bruno’s Philosophy another Neoplatonic source is considered, namely the pseudo-Aristotelian Liber de Causis (Book of causes), which has not yet been examined in the context of Renaissance Neoplatonism. This work, probably written in Arabic in the ninth century, was translated into Latin in the twelfth century and remained well known to many late Medieval and Renaissance philosophers. Catana argues that this work may have prepared for Ficino’s translation of Plotinus, and that in some instances it provided a common source to Renaissance philosophers, Bruno and Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464) being conspicuous examples discussed in this book.
Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy Volume 5
Author: Robert Pasnau
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 0198806035
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy showcases the best new scholarly work on philosophy from the end of antiquity into the Renaissance. OSMP combines historical scholarship with philosophical acuteness, and will be an essential resource for anyone working in the area.
Medieval Philosophy
Author: John Marenbon
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 556
ISBN-13: 9780415308755
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume provides a scholarly introduction to authors and issues involved in the philosophical discourse of the medieval era.
Medieval Commentaries on Aristotle's Categories
Author: Lloyd Newton
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2008-08-31
Total Pages: 449
ISBN-13: 9047442075
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMedieval commentary writing has often been described as a way of "doing philosophy," and not without reason. The various commentaries on Aristotle's Categories we have from this period did not simply elaborate a dialectical exercise for training students; rather, they provided their authors with an unparalleled opportunity to work through crucial philosophical problems, many of which remain with us today. As such, this unique commentary tradition is important not only in its own right, but also to the history and development of philosophy as a whole. The contributors to this volume take a fresh look at it, examining a wide range of medieval commentators, from Simplicius to John Wyclif, and discussing such issues as the compatibility of Platonism with Aristotelianism; the influence of Avicenna; the relationship between grammar, logic, and metaphysics; the number of the categories; the status of the categories as a science realism vs. nominalism; and the relationship between categories.
A Companion to Philosophy in the Middle Ages
Author: Jorge J. E. Gracia
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2008-04-15
Total Pages: 768
ISBN-13: 047099732X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis comprehensive reference volume features essays by some of the most distinguished scholars in the field. Provides a comprehensive "who's who" guide to medieval philosophers. Offers a refreshing mix of essays providing historical context followed by 140 alphabetically arranged entries on individual thinkers. Constitutes an extensively cross-referenced and indexed source. Written by a distinguished cast of philosophers. Spans the history of medieval philosophy from the fourth century AD to the fifteenth century.
