Description
A comprehensive, multicultural and multidisciplinary collection of sources on medieval philosophy with readable and engaging introductions.
About the Author
Bruce Foltz is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Eckerd College, USA.
Reviews
That the title of this book clearly signals the multiculturalism and pluralism of medieval thought is to its credit. The book is organized in five sections: an opening section looks at Greco-Roman sources, and each of the remaining four sections treats a major linguistic or cultural grouping in medieval thought: Byzantine, Jewish, Latin, and Muslim. Each section offers translated selections of relevant major works of the tradition. This being the case, the volume could serve as a resource in survey courses ... Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. * CHOICE *
It's great to have alongside each other a large selection of the crucial texts of Western medieval philosophy, in its Christian (Greek and Latin), Jewish and Islamic branches. I know of no other anthology which would enable students to see the similarities and differences between the different ways in which ancient Greek philosophy developed in the Middle Ages, and the interactions between them. -- Richard Swinburne, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, UK
This large and comprehensive volume of primary source material provides the reader not only with key medieval philosophical texts from the Latin Christian, Byzantine, Islamic, and Jewish traditions, but also with a judicious selection of foundational texts from the ancient Greek philosophical period, both pagan and patristic. There is no other source book that matches this one in breadth and depth. -- Daniel Frank, Professor of Philosophy, Purdue University, USA
This brave new anthology opens up new ways of studying and understanding medieval philosophy, both by fully including the Arabic, Jewish and Greek, as well as the Latin traditions, and through its admirably broad conception of what texts count as philosophical. * John Marenbon, Professor of Medieval Philosophy, University of Cambridge, UK; Fellow of the British Academy *
Book Information
ISBN 9781472580399
Author Bruce Foltz
Format Paperback
Page Count 736
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 1382g