Table Of ContentCover page Page: i
Halftitle page Page: i
Title page Page: ii
Copyright page Page: iii
Dedication page Page: v
Contents Page: vii
Preface Page: xi
Acknowledgments Page: xv
Dates Page: xvii
Part I. Early Medieval Philosophy Page: 1
1. Arts of Darkness—Introduction to Medieval Philosophy Page: 3
2. Charles in Charge—The Carolingian Renaissance Page: 10
3. Grace Notes—Eriugena and the Predestination Controversy Page: 17
4. Much Ado About Nothing—Eriugena’s Periphyseon Page: 24
5. Philosophers Anonymous—The Roots of Scholasticism Page: 31
6. Virgin Territory—Peter Damian on Changing the Past Page: 39
7. A Canterbury Tale—Anselm’s Life and Works Page: 46
8. Somebody’s Perfect—Anselm’s Ontological Argument Page: 52
9. All or Nothing—The Problem of Universals Page: 58
10. Get Thee to a Nunnery—Heloise and Abelard Page: 66
11. It’s the Thought that Counts—Abelard’s Ethics Page: 72
12. Learn Everything—The Victorines Page: 79
13. Like Father, like Son—Debating the Trinity Page: 87
14. On the Shoulders of Giants—Philosophy at Chartres Page: 94
15. The Good Book—Philosophy of Nature Page: 101
16. One of a Kind—Gilbert of Poitiers on Individuation Page: 107
17. Two Swords—Early Medieval Political Philosophy Page: 114
18. Law and Order—Gratian and Peter Lombard Page: 121
19. Leading Light—Hildegard of Bingen Page: 128
20. Rediscovery Channel—Translations into Latin Page: 135
21. Straw Men—The Rise of the Universities Page: 142
Part II. The Thirteenth Century Page: 151
22. No Uncertain Terms—Thirteenth-Century Logic Page: 153
23. Full of Potential—Thirteenth-Century Physics Page: 161
24. Stayin’ Alive—Thirteenth-Century Psychology Page: 168
25. It’s All Good—The Transcendentals Page: 175
26. Do the Right Thing—Thirteenth-Century Ethics Page: 182
27. A Light That Never Goes Out—Robert Grosseteste Page: 188
28. Origin of Species—Roger Bacon Page: 194
29. Stairway to Heaven—Bonaventure Page: 201
30. Your Attention, Please—Peter Olivi Page: 208
31. None for Me, Thanks—Franciscan Poverty Page: 215
32. Begin the Beguine—Hadewijch and Mechthild of Magdeburg Page: 222
33. Binding Arbitration—Robert Kilwardby Page: 229
34. Animal, Vegetable, Mineral—Albert the Great’s Natural Philosophy Page: 236
35. The Shadow Knows—Albert the Great’s Metaphysics Page: 242
36. The Ox Heard round the World—Thomas Aquinas Page: 248
37. Everybody Needs Some Body—Aquinas on Soul and Knowledge Page: 255
38. What Comes Naturally—Ethics in Albert and Aquinas Page: 262
39. What Pleases the Prince—The Rule of Law Page: 269
40. Onward Christian Soldiers—Just War Theory Page: 277
41. Paris When it Sizzles—The Condemnations Page: 284
42. Masters of the University—“Latin Averroists” Page: 290
43. The NeverEnding Story—The Eternity of the World Page: 297
44. Let Me Count the Ways—Speculative Grammar Page: 304
45. Love, Reign over Me—The Romance of the Rose Page: 311
46. Frequently Asked Questions—Henry of Ghent Page: 318
47. Here Comes the Son—The Trinity and the Eucharist Page: 325
48. Once and for All—Scotus on Being Page: 332
49. To Will or Not to Will—Scotus on Freedom Page: 339
50. On Command—Scotus on Ethics Page: 345
51. One in a Million—Scotus on Universals and Individuals Page: 352
Part III. The Fourteenth Century Page: 359
52. Time of the Signs—The Fourteenth Century Page: 361
53. After Virtue—Marguerite Porete Page: 368
54. To Hell and Back—Dante Alighieri Page: 374
55. Our Power is Real—The Clash of Church and State Page: 381
56. Render unto Caesar—Marsilius of Padua Page: 387
57. Do As You’re Told—Ockham on Ethics and Political Philosophy Page: 394
58. A Close Shave—Ockham’s Nominalism Page: 400
59. What Do You Think?—Ockham on Mental Language Page: 407
60. Keeping it Real—Responses to Ockham Page: 414
61. Back to the Future—Foreknowledge and Predestination Page: 421
62. Trivial Pursuits—Fourteenth-Century Logic Page: 428
63. Quadrivial Pursuits—The Oxford Calculators Page: 435
64. Get to the Point—Fourteenth-Century Physics Page: 442
65. Portrait of the Artist—John Buridan Page: 449
66. Seeing is Believing—Nicholas of Autrecourt’s Skeptical Challenge Page: 456
67. On the Money—Medieval Economic Theory Page: 463
68. Down to the Ground—Meister Eckhart Page: 470
69. Men in Black—The German Dominicans Page: 476
70. A Wing and a Prayer—Angels in Medieval Philosophy Page: 482
71. Alle Maner of Thyng Shall be Welle—English Mysticism Page: 489
72. Say it with Poetry—Chaucer and Langland Page: 495
73. The Good Wife—Sexuality and Misogyny in the Middle Ages Page: 502
74. Sighs Were her Food—Catherine of Siena and Affective Mysticism Page: 509
75. The Most Christian Doctor—The Querelle de la rose and Jean Gerson Page: 516
76. Morning Star of the Reformation—John Wyclif Page: 523
77. The Prague Spring—Scholasticism across Europe Page: 529
78. Renaissance Men—Ramon Llull and Petrarch Page: 536
Notes Page: 543
Preface Page: 543
Chapter 1 Page: 543
Chapter 2 Page: 543
Chapter 3 Page: 544
Chapter 4 Page: 544
Chapter 5 Page: 545
Chapter 6 Page: 545
Chapter 7 Page: 546
Chapter 8 Page: 547
Chapter 9 Page: 547
Chapter 10 Page: 548
Chapter 11 Page: 548
Chapter 12 Page: 549
Chapter 13 Page: 549
Chapter 14 Page: 550
Chapter 15 Page: 551
Chapter 16 Page: 552
Chapter 17 Page: 552
Chapter 18 Page: 553
Chapter 19 Page: 554
Chapter 20 Page: 554
Chapter 21 Page: 555
Chapter 22 Page: 556
Chapter 23 Page: 557
Chapter 24 Page: 557
Chapter 25 Page: 558
Chapter 26 Page: 559
Chapter 27 Page: 559
Chapter 28 Page: 560
Chapter 29 Page: 561
Chapter 30 Page: 561
Chapter 31 Page: 562
Chapter 32 Page: 563
Chapter 33 Page: 564
Chapter 34 Page: 564
Chapter 35 Page: 565
Chapter 36 Page: 566
Chapter 37 Page: 567
Chapter 38 Page: 568
Chapter 39 Page: 569
Chapter 40 Page: 570
Chapter 41 Page: 570
Chapter 42 Page: 572
Chapter 43 Page: 573
Chapter 44 Page: 574
Chapter 45 Page: 575
Chapter 46 Page: 576
Chapter 47 Page: 577
Chapter 48 Page: 578
Chapter 49 Page: 579
Chapter 50 Page: 580
Chapter 51 Page: 581
Chapter 52 Page: 582
Chapter 53 Page: 583
Chapter 54 Page: 583
Chapter 55 Page: 585
Chapter 56 Page: 585
Chapter 57 Page: 586
Chapter 58 Page: 587
Chapter 59 Page: 588
Chapter 60 Page: 589
Chapter 61 Page: 590
Chapter 62 Page: 591
Chapter 63 Page: 592
Chapter 64 Page: 593
Chapter 65 Page: 594
Chapter 66 Page: 594
Chapter 67 Page: 595
Chapter 68 Page: 596
Chapter 69 Page: 597
Chapter 70 Page: 598
Chapter 71 Page: 599
Chapter 72 Page: 600
Chapter 73 Page: 601
Chapter 74 Page: 602
Chapter 75 Page: 603
Chapter 76 Page: 604
Chapter 77 Page: 605
Chapter 78 Page: 606
Further Reading Page: 608
Publisher’s Acknowledgments Page: 626
Index Page: 628
Description:Peter Adamson presents a lively introduction to six hundred years of European philosophy, from the beginning of the ninth century to the end of the fourteenth century. The medieval period is one of the richest in the history of philosophy, yet one of the least widely known. Adamson introduces us to some of the greatest thinkers of the Western intellectual tradition, including Peter Abelard, Anselm of Canterbury, Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, and Roger Bacon. And the medieval period was notable for the emergence of great women thinkers, including Hildegard of Bingen, Marguerite Porete, and Julian of Norwich. Original ideas and arguments were developed in every branch of philosophy during this period - not just philosophy of religion and theology, but metaphysics, philosophy of logic and language, moral and political theory, psychology, and the foundations of mathematics and natural science.
