Peregrinations of the word : essays in medieval philosophy / Louis Mackey.
1997
B721 .M32 1997 (Mapit)
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Title
Peregrinations of the word : essays in medieval philosophy / Louis Mackey.
Author
Mackey, Louis.
ISBN
0472107364 (acid-free paper)
9780472107360 (acid-free paper)
9780472107360 (acid-free paper)
Imprint
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1997.
Language
English
Description
viii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
B721 .M32 1997
Summary
Peregrinations of the Word consists of essays on five medieval philosophers: Augustine, Anselm, Aquinas, Bonaventure, and Duns Scotus. Through each of these essays is an independent study, they have as a common theme the relation between faith and reason as understood in the Middle Ages; for example, the conflict between the hermeneutic of reason and that of revelation in the construction of self, the dialectic of philosophical demonstration and devotional submission required of all discourse about God, and the resources available to medieval theology for resolving the conflict of nominalism and realism. Mackey maintains that medieval philosophy can only be understood in its theological and scriptural milieu. He has argued this point by showing how that milieu enabled these five thinkers to deal with a variety of philosophical issues. He concludes persuasively that religious beliefs and exegetical concerns did not shackle the medieval mind but rather liberated it and empowered it.
Peregrinations of the Word will be of interest to philosophers, theologians, and students of religion as well as literary critics and theorists. It is a particularly important work for scholars of medieval studies.
Peregrinations of the Word will be of interest to philosophers, theologians, and students of religion as well as literary critics and theorists. It is a particularly important work for scholars of medieval studies.
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Peregrinations of the Word will be of interest to philosophers, theologians, and students of religion as well as literary critics and theorists. It is a particularly important work for scholars of medieval studies.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234) and index.
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Table of Contents
From autobiography to theology : Augustine's confessiones
Faith and reason in Augustine's De magistro
Grammar and rhetoric in the proslogium
Entreatments of God : reflections on Aquinas's five ways
Redemptive subversions : the Christian discourse of St. Bonaventure
Singular and universal : a Franciscan perspective
The theological circumstance of Scotist speculation
Epilogue : of terms and terminations.
Faith and reason in Augustine's De magistro
Grammar and rhetoric in the proslogium
Entreatments of God : reflections on Aquinas's five ways
Redemptive subversions : the Christian discourse of St. Bonaventure
Singular and universal : a Franciscan perspective
The theological circumstance of Scotist speculation
Epilogue : of terms and terminations.