Medieval Philosophy and the Classical Tradition: In Islam, Judaism and Christianity - Hardcover

Inglis, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0700714693 ISBN 13: 9780700714698

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

An initial chapter on the history of Islamic philosophy sets the stage for sixteen articles on issues across the three traditions. The goal is to see the Islamic tradition in its own richness and complexity as the context of most Jewish intellectual work.

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Synopsis:

The Islamic philosophical tradition was the privileged site for the study and continuation of the Classical philosophical tradition in the Middle Ages. An initial chapter on the history of Islamic philosophy sets the stage for sixteen articles on issues across the Islamic, Jewish and Christian traditions. The goal is to see the Islamic tradition in its own richness and complexity as the context of much Jewish intellectual work. Taken together, these two traditions provide the wider context to which Latin Christian intellectuals would turn. The articles are grouped under six topics relevant both to the period and to current philosophical interest: the Islamic philosophical context, the nature of philosophy in the Middle Ages, Neoplatonism and the activity of the soul, creation, virtue, and the Latin reception. Since the nineteenth century Islamic and Jewish philosophy have been neglected in the standard histories of medieval philosophy. The time is right to begin to write a more balanced history of medieval philosophy.

In order to begin to write this history, this book focuses on the Islamic, Jewish, and Christian use of - and reaction to - Classical philosophy during the Middle Ages.

About the Author:

John Inglis is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dayton.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0700714693
• ISBN 13: 9780700714698
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 328