The spirit of mediæval philosophy, by Étienne Gilson; translated by A. H. C. Downes.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Gifford lectures ; 1931-1932.Publication details: New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1936.Description: ix, 490 p. 23 cmUniform titles:
  • Esprit de la philosophie médiévale. English
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Spirit of mediæval philosophy.DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC
Contents:
The problem of Christian philosophy -- The concept of Christian philosophy -- Being and its necessity -- Beings and their contingence -- Analogy, causality and finality -- Christian optimism -- Christian anthropology -- Christian personalism -- Self-knowledge and Christian Socratism -- Knowledge of things -- The intellect and its object -- Love and its object -- Free-will and Christian liberty -- Christian law and morality -- Intention, conscience and obligation -- The Middle Ages and nature -- The Middle Ages and history -- The Middle Ages and philosophy.
Summary: All these lectures converge to this conclusion: that the Middle Ages produced, besides a Christian literature and a Christian art as everyone admits, this very Christian philosophy which is a matter of dispute. No one, of course, maintains that this mediaeval philosophy was created out of nothing, nor yet that all mediaeval philosophy was Christian -- just as no one maintains that mediaeval literature and art were created out of nothing or were wholly Christian. - Preface.
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Bibliographical references in "Notes" (p. 427-485)

The problem of Christian philosophy -- The concept of Christian philosophy -- Being and its necessity -- Beings and their contingence -- Analogy, causality and finality -- Christian optimism -- Christian anthropology -- Christian personalism -- Self-knowledge and Christian Socratism -- Knowledge of things -- The intellect and its object -- Love and its object -- Free-will and Christian liberty -- Christian law and morality -- Intention, conscience and obligation -- The Middle Ages and nature -- The Middle Ages and history -- The Middle Ages and philosophy.

All these lectures converge to this conclusion: that the Middle Ages produced, besides a Christian literature and a Christian art as everyone admits, this very Christian philosophy which is a matter of dispute. No one, of course, maintains that this mediaeval philosophy was created out of nothing, nor yet that all mediaeval philosophy was Christian -- just as no one maintains that mediaeval literature and art were created out of nothing or were wholly Christian. - Preface.

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