The Light of Thy Countenance, vol. 1: Science and Knowledge of God in the Thirteenth Century : A Doctrine of Divine Illumination (Studies in the History of Christian Thought)

Steven P. Marrone

ISBN 10: 9004120645 / ISBN 13: 9789004120648

Published by Brill Academic, 2001

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2001. Cloth, dj. Tall octavo. 250 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Light of Thy Countenance, vol. 1: Science and Knowledge of God in the Thirteenth Century : A Doctrine of Divine Illumination (Studies in the History of Christian Thought)
• Publisher: Brill Academic
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004120645
• ISBN 13: 9789004120648
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Used - Like New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Medieval, Philosophy

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Synopsis

This work is about the development of scholastic argumentation in thirteenth-century Europe. It traces the rise of a formal model of science and resulting accommodations in traditional attitudes towards human cognition, especially with regard to the role of divine illumination. Investigated are ten theologians from Robert Grosseteste to Duns Scotus, all commonly associated with a so-called Augustinian current. The analysis focuses on theory of knowledge and of mind, relating both to the account of human understanding of divinity in the world. Of interest to historians of medieval culture and historians of science, the book lays bare the intellectual transformations ultimately setting the stage for the emergence of modern science. It furthermore advances a novel argument about the reality of "Augustinianism" and "Aristotelianism" in high-medieval thought.

About the Author

Steven P. Marrone, Ph.D. (1978) in History, Harvard University, is Professor of History at Tufts University. Publications include William of Auvergne and Robert Grosseteste (Princeton, 1983) and Truth and Scientific Knowledge in the Thought of Henry of Ghent (Medieval Academy of America, 1985).