Author: Dronke, Peter
Title: A History of Twelfth-Century Western Philosophy
Description: Cambridge, England, Cambridge University Press, 1988. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; white dj, bw illustrated with red and black lettering, mylar cover; xi, 495 pp. "This is the first comprehensive study of the philosophical achievements of twelfth-century Western Europe. It is the collaboration of fifteen scholars whose detailed survey makes accessible the intellectual preoccupations of the period, with all texts cited, in English translation, throughout. After a discussion of the cultural context of twelfth-century speculation, and some of the main streams of thought- Platonic, Stoic, and Arabic- that quickened it, comes a characterization of the new problems and perspectives of the period, in scientific inquiry, speculative grammar, and logic. This is followed by a closer examination of the distinctive features of some of the most innovative thinkers of the time, from Anselm and Abelard to the School of Chartres. A final section shows the impact of newly recovered works of Aristotle in the twelfth-century West." rear cover. Contents include: Introduction / Peter Dronke -- Philosophy, cosmology, and the twelfth-century renaissance / Winthrop Wetherbee -- The Platonic inheritance / Tullio Gregory -- The Stoic inheritance / Michael Lapidge -- The Arabic inheritance / Jean Jolivet -- Scientific speculations / Charles Burnett -- Speculative grammar / Karin Margareta Fredborg -- Logic (i): from the late eleventh century to the time of Abelard / Martin M. Tweedale -- Logic (ii): the later twelfth century / Klaus Jacobi -- Anselm of Canterbury / Stephen Gersh -- Peter Abelard / D.E. Luscombe -- William of Conches / Dorothy Elford -- Gilbert of Poiters ; A note on the Porretani / John Marenbon -- Thierry of Chartres / Peter Dronke -- Hermann of Carinthia / Charles Burnett -- Aristotelian thought in Salerno / Danielle Jacquart -- David of Dinant and the beginnings of Aristotelianism in Paris / Enzo Maccagnolo. Good+ (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light overall shelfwear to boards and block. Pages are clear but many have highlighted sections. Page 321 and 322 have a red taped marker.)/Paperback.

Keywords: Misc ; Philosophy; Medieval Philosophy ; ;