| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 252 pages) |
| Series |
Great medieval thinkers |
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Great medieval thinkers.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Life, intellectual milieu, and works -- Boethius's project: the logical translations and commentaries -- The logical textbooks and topical reasoning: types of argument -- The Opuscula Sacra: metaphysics, theology, and logical method -- The Consolation: the argument of books I-V.2 -- The Consolation, V.3-6: divine prescience, contingency, eternity -- Interpreting the Consolation -- Boethius's influence in the Middle Ages |
| Summary |
This accessible introduction to the thought of Boethius offers a survey of the philosopher's life and work, going on to explicate his theological method. It devotes separate chapters to his various arguments and traces his influence on the work of such thinkers as Aquinas and Duns Scotus |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-235) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Boethius, -524
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| SUBJECT |
Boethius, -524 fast |
| Subject |
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Medieval.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1423757602 |
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9781423757603 |
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9780195134070 |
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0195134079 |
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9780195134063 |
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0195134060 |
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