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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2004.
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Colección: | Brill's studies in intellectual history ;
v. 127. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.