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The History of Medieval Philosophy

Selected Figures of Scholastic Tradition I

by Ladislav Tkáčik (Author)
©2016 Monographs 104 Pages
Series: Uni Slovakia, Volume 8

Summary

Calling an epoch Middle Age already involves some sort of judgment. But Middle Ages represent a historic period, in which the identity was established, which was denied by the renaissance, modern world and which however is now being discovered again in its sense and beauty. It is a period in which a co-existence between faith and intellect, between ecclesiastical and profane culture was possible. It was a varied living space in which philosophy, mystique and practice could exist side by side. It is a world which is lost today and which we can get a hold of again only by intellectual appropriation.

Table Of Contents

  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • About the Author
  • About the Book
  • This eBook can be cited
  • Contents
  • 1. Boundaries and Concept of Middle Ages and its Philosophical Thinking
  • 2. Anicius Manlius Severinus Torquatus Boethius
  • 3. Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
  • 4. Carolingian Renaissance
  • 5. Johannes Scotus Eriugena
  • 6. Anselm of Canterbury
  • 7. Peter Abelard
  • 8. Albertus Magnus and Thomas Aquinas
  • Used and Recommended Literature

1. Boundaries and Concepts of the Middle Ages and its Philosophical Thinking

Claudio Leonardi says that the “Middle Ages represent a historic period, in which the identity, which was denied and destroyed by the modern world and which however is now being discovered again in its beauty, was established. It is a period in which dialogue and therefore also a conflict between faith and intellect, church and empire and between culture based in God and culture based in man, were possible. It is a living space in which mystique and philosophy could exist side by side on a historic level. It is world which is lost today and which we can get hold of again only by intellectual appropriation” (Středověká Latinská Literatura, p. 24).

To understand the specificity of certain period and conceive its essence, it is undoubtedly desirable to distin ← 7 | 8 → guish it from the times which preceded and follow it. This belief lies behind our effort to periodise time. This effort, which no longer has theological and eschatological characteristics, can be traced back to the 14th and 15th centuries. It was during this period when the epoch of the Middle Ages was defined for the first time. Therefore, in the sense of more modern periodization, the Middle Ages were defined as the first epoch.

Medieval scholars restricted the term “ancient times” or “antiquity” to the epoch of Greek and Roman erudition, which they tried to continue. The term “antiquity” in the sense of an epoch which precedes the Middle Ages can be found already in work of Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 – 1592) from the year 1581 and in the plural it can be found in work of cardinal and diplomat Jean du Bellay (1493 – 1560) Antiquités de Rome (1558).

Details

Pages
104
Year
2016
ISBN (PDF)
9783653066463
ISBN (ePUB)
9783653958669
ISBN (MOBI)
9783653958652
ISBN (Softcover)
9783631674604
DOI
10.3726/978-3-653-06646-3
Language
English
Publication date
2016 (April)
Keywords
middle ages medieval history theology culture Europe
Published
Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2016. 104 pp.

Biographical notes

Ladislav Tkáčik (Author)

Ladislav Tkáčik is an Associated Professor of philosophy at Trnava University. His research focuses on phenomenology, hermeneutics and philosophy of culture.

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