The Evolution Of Medieval Thought

Plot

Preface to the 1st Edition viiPreface to the 2nd Edition viiiIntroduction to the 2nd Edition xiPART 1 The Legacy of the Ancient World1 Plato & Aristotle 32 The Later Platonists & Plotinus 153 St Augustine 294 Boethius & Dionysius 465 Education in the Ancient World 53PART 2 The Renaissance of the 11th & 12th Centuries6 The Rebirth of the Schools 657 The Awakening of Western Europe 728 The Revival of Dialectic: Berengar, Lanfranc & Anselm 859 The Question of Universals 9810 Peter Abelard 10611 The School of Chartres & John of Salisbury 12012 The School of St Victor & St Bernard 129PART 3 The New Universities-The Rediscovery of Aristotle13 The Origins of the Universities 13914 Studies, Degrees & Textbooks 15615 The Rediscovery of Aristotle 16716 Arabian & Jewish Philosophy 17517 The Problems of the Soul & the Process of Cognition 187PART 4 The Achievement of the 13th Century18 The Philosophical Revolution of the 13th Century 20119 The Franciscan School at Paris 21320 Albert the Great 22621 St Thomas Aquinas 23122 Siger of Brabant & the Faculty of Arts 24423 England in the 13th Century 252PART 5 The Breakdown of the Medieval Synthesis24 The Aftermath of Aristotle 26525 Henry of Ghent & Duns Scotus 27426 The Breakdown of the Synthesis 28327 William of Ockham 29028 The Harvest of Nominalism 298Epilogue 307Suggestions for Further Reading 311Index