Medieval philosophy; from St. Augustine to Nicholas of Cusa, edited by John F. Wippel [and] Allan B. Wolter.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Readings in the history of philosophyPublication details: New York, Free Press [1969]Description: viii, 487 p. 21 cmSubject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Medieval philosophy.DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 189 W797M
LOC classification:
  • B720 .W5
Contents:
I. St. Augustine. A critique of skepticism ; How great is the soul ; On the existence of God -- II. Boethius. Divine foreknowledge of human actions ; How substances may be good in their essence without being good of their essence -- III. Fridugis. Letter on nothing and darkness -- IV. John Scotus Eriugena. Philosophy, faith, and reason ; The dialectic of nature ; On the division of nature -- V. St. Peter Damian. On divine omnipotence -- VI. St. Anselm and Gaunilon. St. Anselm on the existence of God ; A reply to Anselm on behalf of the fool ; Anselm's reply to Gaunilon -- VII. Honorius of Autun. A picture of the world -- VIII. Peter Abelard. On universals -- IX. Peter Lombard. How creatures manifest God as on and triune -- X. Richard of St. Victor. On the Trinity: selections from book one, selections from book three -- XI. Avicenna. Essay on the secret of destiny -- XII. Averroës. On God's foreknowledge ; The future life -- XIII. Moses Maimonides. The god of the philosophers -- XIV. Odo Rigaud. Is theology a science? -- XV. Roger Bacon. Opus Mauius: Part I: Causes of error (selections), Part VI: On experimental science (selections), Part VII. Moral philosophy (selections) -- XVI. St. Bonaventure. Is God's existence a truth that cannot be doubted? ; Theory of illumination ; Theory of seminal reasons -- XVII. St. Thomas Aquinas. On the composition of essence and existence in created substances ; Does God exist ; On the power of God -- XVIII. Siger of Brabant. On the intellective soul ; Appendix: The Parisian condemnations of 1270 -- XIX. Boetius of Dacia. On the supreme good, or on the life of the philosopher -- XX. Henry of Ghent. Can creatures be used to demonstrate God's existence to man? -- XXI. John Duns Scotus. On the existence of God -- XXII. Agent Intellect. Beatitude and the agent intellect -- XXIII. William Ockham. On possibility and God -- XXIV. Nicholas of Cusa. On learned ignorance.
Summary: Wippel and Wolter are perhaps the most respected names in metaphysical thought of the middle ages.
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Bibliography: p. 465-476.

I. St. Augustine. A critique of skepticism ; How great is the soul ; On the existence of God -- II. Boethius. Divine foreknowledge of human actions ; How substances may be good in their essence without being good of their essence -- III. Fridugis. Letter on nothing and darkness -- IV. John Scotus Eriugena. Philosophy, faith, and reason ; The dialectic of nature ; On the division of nature -- V. St. Peter Damian. On divine omnipotence -- VI. St. Anselm and Gaunilon. St. Anselm on the existence of God ; A reply to Anselm on behalf of the fool ; Anselm's reply to Gaunilon -- VII. Honorius of Autun. A picture of the world -- VIII. Peter Abelard. On universals -- IX. Peter Lombard. How creatures manifest God as on and triune -- X. Richard of St. Victor. On the Trinity: selections from book one, selections from book three -- XI. Avicenna. Essay on the secret of destiny -- XII. Averroës. On God's foreknowledge ; The future life -- XIII. Moses Maimonides. The god of the philosophers -- XIV. Odo Rigaud. Is theology a science? -- XV. Roger Bacon. Opus Mauius: Part I: Causes of error (selections), Part VI: On experimental science (selections), Part VII. Moral philosophy (selections) -- XVI. St. Bonaventure. Is God's existence a truth that cannot be doubted? ; Theory of illumination ; Theory of seminal reasons -- XVII. St. Thomas Aquinas. On the composition of essence and existence in created substances ; Does God exist ; On the power of God -- XVIII. Siger of Brabant. On the intellective soul ; Appendix: The Parisian condemnations of 1270 -- XIX. Boetius of Dacia. On the supreme good, or on the life of the philosopher -- XX. Henry of Ghent. Can creatures be used to demonstrate God's existence to man? -- XXI. John Duns Scotus. On the existence of God -- XXII. Agent Intellect. Beatitude and the agent intellect -- XXIII. William Ockham. On possibility and God -- XXIV. Nicholas of Cusa. On learned ignorance.

Wippel and Wolter are perhaps the most respected names in metaphysical thought of the middle ages.

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