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From paradise to paradigm : a study of twelfth-century humanism /

This book presents a study of twelfth-century humanism seen as an all-embracing discourse in which the human and the divine interact on equal terms. The book focuses on a number of twelfth-century intellectuals, especially Thierry of Chartres, Peter Abelard, William of Conches, Bernard Silvestris, a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Otten, Willemien
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.
Colección:Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 127.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgements; Preface; Understanding Medieval Humanism; Chapter One From Paradise to Paradigm. An Introduction to the Problem of Twelfth-Century Humanism; Chapter Two Nature and Scripture: Tale of a Medieval Analogy and Its Demise; Chapter Three Opening the Universe: William of Conches and the Art of Science; Chapter Four Opening the Mind: Peter Abelard and the Makeover of Traditional Theology; Chapter Five Fortune or Failure: the Problem of Grace, Free Will and Providence in Peter Abelard; Chapter Six Tragedy in the Twelfth-Century Rhetorical Imagination: Bernard Silvestris on Suicide.