In this book (a translation of his well-known work L'esprit de la philosophie medievale), Etienne Gilson undertakes the task of defining the spirit of mediaeval philosophy. Gilson asks whether we can form the concept of a Christian philosophy and whether mediaeval philosophy is not its most adequate historical expression. He maintains that the spirit of mediaeval philosophy is the spirit of Christianity penetrating the Greek tradition, working within it, and drawing out of it a certain view of the world that is specifically Christian. To support his hypothesis, Gilson examines mediaeval thought in its nascent state, at that precise point where the Judeo-Christian graft was inserted into the Hellenic tradition. Gilson's demonstration is primarily historical and occasionally theoretical in suggesting how doctrines that satisfied our predecessors for so many centuries may still be found conceivable today.
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The Spirit of Mediaeval Philosophy
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Publisher
University of Notre Dame PressYear
2020Print ISBN
9780268008017
9780268075064
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9780268075088
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half title
- Title page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- I. THE PROBLEM OF CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY
- II. THE CONCEPT OF CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY
- III. BEING AND ITS NECESSITY
- IV. BEINGS AND THEIR CONTINGENCE
- V. ANALOGY, CAUSALITY AND FINALITY
- VI. CHRISTIAN OPTIMISM
- VII. THE GLORY OF GOD
- VIII. CHRISTIAN PROVIDENCE
- IX. CHRISTIAN ANTHROPOLOGY
- X. CHRISTIAN PERSONALISM
- XI. SELF-KNOWLEDGE AND CHRISTIAN SOCRATISM
- XII. KNOWLEDGE OF THINGS
- XIII. THE INTELLECT AND ITS OBJECT
- XIV. LOVE AND ITS OBJECT
- XV. FREE-WILL AND CHRISTIAN LIBERTY
- XVI. CHRISTIAN LAW AND MORALITY
- XVII. INTENTION, CONSCIENCE AND OBLIGATION
- XVIII. THE MIDDLE AGES AND NATURE
- XIX. THE MIDDLE AGES AND HISTORY
- XX. THE MIDDLE AGES AND PHILOSOPHY
- NOTES
- INDEX TO PROPER NAMES
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