Medieval essays /

When Gilson died in 1978, a great deal of his work on the history of philosophy, and specifically God, the primacy of existence or esse over essence, and the impact of Christianity on philosophy had been translated. A significant amount of material, however, has not yet appeared into English. The pu...

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Main Author: Gilson, Étienne, 1884-1978
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Eugene, Or. : Cascade Books, [2011]
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Table of Contents:
  • Critical historical research and the future of scholasticism
  • The Middle Ages and ancient naturalism
  • The meaning and nature of St. Anselm's argument
  • Peter Lombard and the theologies of essence
  • The concept of existence in William of Auvergne
  • Maimonides and the philosophy of the exodus
  • Boethius of Dacia and double truth
  • Notes for the history of efficient causality
  • Avicenna in the West during the Middle Ages.