Aristotle's Ethics and Medieval Philosophy

Aristotle's Ethics and Medieval Philosophy
Author: Anthony Celano
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2016
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1107134854

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics had a profound influence on generations of later philosophers, not only in the ancient era but also in the medieval period and beyond. In this book, Anthony Celano explores how medieval authors recast Aristotle's Ethics according to their own moral ideals. He argues that the moral standard for the Ethics is a human one, which is based upon the ethical tradition and the best practices of a given society. In the Middle Ages, this human standard was replaced by one that is universally applicable, since its foundation is eternal immutable divine law. Celano resolves the conflicting accounts of happiness in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, demonstrates the importance of the virtue of phronesis (practical wisdom), and shows how the medieval view of moral reasoning alters Aristotle's concept of moral wisdom.

Theological Quodlibeta in the Middle Ages

Theological Quodlibeta in the Middle Ages
Author: Christopher David Schabel
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 808
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004162887

The second of two volumes on special theological disputations from ca. 1230-1330 in which audience members asked the era's greatest intellectuals questions de quolibet, "about anything." The variety of the material and the authors' stature make the genre uniquely fascinating.

Henry of Harclay

Henry of Harclay
Author: Mark G. Henninger
Publisher: OUP/British Academy
Total Pages: 744
Release: 2008-08-07
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780197263792

A complete critical edition of the later work of the medieval philosopher and theologian Henry of Harclay is here published for the first time, together with an English translation prepared in collaboration with Raymond Edwards. The Quaestiones Ordinariae introduce students to the key problems of medieval philosophy, as well as enabling scholars to deepen their knowledge of the debates of this period. A further volume will publish Questions 15-29.

Eckhart's Apophatic Theology

Eckhart's Apophatic Theology
Author: Vladimir Lossky
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 538
Release: 2024-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0227179773

Vladimir Lossky’s posthumously published masterwork is now made available in English for the first time. Eckhart’s Negative Theology is the culmination of a long process, whereby the renowned Orthodox philosopher and theologian embraced the ways of thinking of a thirteenth-century German monk and mystic. While refusing to simplify Eckhart’s theology to a system or single motif, Lossky explores in detail the various ramifications of Eckhart’s insistence on the ineffability of God. Is God to be regarded as ‘being’, or the ‘One’, or ‘Intellect’? Does God’s pure expression of each of these preclude the others? Framed by six key statements about God’s essence, Lossky lays out Eckhart’s approach to this dilemma. His understanding of the problem, guided by careful engagement with a multitude of sources, is exhaustive. Scholars will welcome this eagerly-anticipated translation.

What Has Athens to Do with Jerusalem?

What Has Athens to Do with Jerusalem?
Author: Jaroslav Pelikan
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 166
Release: 1997
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 9780472108077

An important contribution to early Christian studies

Adam of Bockenfield, Glossae super De vegetabilibus et plantis

Adam of Bockenfield, Glossae super De vegetabilibus et plantis
Author: R. James Long
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2012-11-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004235698

Complementing the growing list of editions and translations which have appeared in the series Aristoteles Semitico-Latinus, this is the first critical edition of Adam of Bockenfield’s commentary on the pseudo-Aristotelian treatise on plants. The leading Arts master at Oxford in the middle decades of the thirteenth century, Adam crafted a comprehensive and highly organized commentary, which enjoyed wide circulation on the continent. Professor Long’s introduction also explores the relationship between Adam’s commentary and the gloss that was the established classroom text at Oxford.