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Philosophy in the Middle Ages: The Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 189
EAN: 9780915145805
Edition: 2
ISBN: 0915145804
Label: Hackett Publishing Company
Manufacturer: Hackett Publishing Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 805
Publication Date: 1983-08
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company
Studio: Hackett Publishing Company
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Rating: - An Exhaustive and Authoritative Medieval Philosophical Sourcebook
Here is an exhaustive and authoritative, Medieval philosophical sourcebook which contains excerpts of primary importance from key thinkers within the Christian, Islamic and Jewish traditions. This enormous volume covers nine-hundred years of intellectual history [beginning with St. Augustine in the 5th century and ending with John Buridan 14th century AD], making this the finest single-volume anthology concerning Middle Age philosophy available. Preceding the writings of each author are informative ... Read More
Rating: - Continues to be an excellent source.
This book was in its fifth edition in 1980 (my copy), and obviously has been reprinted since then. There are more recent treatments of the subject, no doubt, and a lot of scholarship has taken place in medieval thought since that time. Nevertheless, I recommend that you buy this book (find a used copy if you can) because it is still one of the best places to get so many primary sources between the covers of one book. The introductory essays are very well done, but the value of this tome (761 pages) ... Read More
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