History of Medieval Philosophy, Vol. 1

Download or read book History of Medieval Philosophy, Vol. 1 written by Maurice De Wulf and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-24 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of Medieval Philosophy, Vol. 1: From the Beginnings to the End of the Twelfth Century Throughout, De Wulf has defended the following views. First, he holds that in the Middle Ages there was a Scholastic Philosophy, distinct from Scholastic Theology. No-one questions that to-day, but it was a new idea when De Wulf first put it forward. The second point is that, in the Scholastic Philosophy of the Middle Ages, we can trace a common doctrine, which he calls the Scholastic Patrimony, and of which Thomism was only one form. This idea has met with more criticism than the other, but De Wulf has, in our opinion, successfully vindicated it. Thirdly, in the later editions of his work, De Wulf has brought out the close relations existing between Scholastic Philosophy and the development of civilization and art in medieval times. He has set forth these ideas in greater detail in a separate work, based on lectures he gave at the University of Princeton, and published there under the title Philosophy and Civilisation in the Middle Ages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.