In studies of early Christian thought, ‘philosophy’ is often a synonym for ‘Platonism’, or at most for ‘Platonism and Stoicism’. Nevertheless, it wa

Provides a comprehensive account of the socio-political role Aristotle attributes to traditional religion, despite rejecting its content.

How new thinking about history, evidence, and scientific authority depended on undermining the authority of Aristotelianism. “The belief that Aristotle’s ph

A society with no grasp of its history is like a person without a memory. This is particularly true of the history of ideas. This book is an ideal introduction

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