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  • Political philosophy is a branch of philosophy, which studies fundamental ... of social, political matters, political philosophy focuses on the normative ...
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  •    Nicholas is best known for his philosophy, encapsulated in two famous ... of the Reformation and replaced the medieval belief that God was a separate ...
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  • and commentator. A professor of philosophy at the University of Padua ... before proceeding to Padua to study philosophy and medicine. While at ...
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  • role in the early development of medieval philosophy, and laid the foundation ... role in the early development of medieval philosophy. William was thoroughly ...
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  • *Johnson, David G. 1977. The medieval Chinese oligarchy. Boulder, ... and oligarchy in Renaissance Italy. The medieval Mediterranean, v. 66. Leiden: ...
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  • ==A History of the Medieval Controversy== In the Middle Ages there ... Two exponents of nominalism in Medieval philosophy were the Islamic ...
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  • starts with the bold affirmation that philosophy and religion are fundamentally ... of transition from the older Platonizing philosophy to the later scholasticism ...
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  • to make a distinction between philosophy and religion, and gave ... regarding his heritage, written by the medieval Arabic historian Ibn Abi ...
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  • against the religious authoritarianism of Medieval Catholicism, it emphasized ... rhetoric, poetry, history, and moral philosophy, based on classical Roman ...
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  • with the formative period of Arab philosophy. He was the first to apply ... consistently tried to demonstrate that philosophy is compatible with orthodox ...
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  • Their father had read Enlightenment philosophy, and developed a strong ... who was also well-read in Romantic philosophy and the mother, and Madame ...
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  • soul. Socrates understood the purpose of philosophy as the cultivation of the ... Medieval thinkers, who integrated Platonism and Aristotelianism into ...
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  • era = Medieval Philosophy | color = #B0C4DE | ... philosopher and physician, a master of philosophy and Islamic law, mathematics ...
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  • Abano Terme. After studying medicine and philosophy at the University of Paris ... now Abano Terme. He studied medicineand philosophy at the University of Paris ...
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  • It was not merely polyphony that offended the medieval ears, but the ... * van der Werf, Hendrick. Early Western polyphony, Companion to Medieval ...
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  • Ontology is a major branch of philosophy and a central part of metaphysics ... Medieval philosophy generally accepted two sources of knowledge: revelation ...
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  • In medieval Europe, art played a very important role in educating ... The need to prepare for one's death was well known in Medieval ...
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  • renowned as the Maimonidean authority in philosophy and philosophical exegesis. ... Samuel ibn Tibbon influenced medieval Jewish thought both through ...
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  • Medieval philosophy basically followed the Aristotelian understanding ... One new development in Medieval philosophy was the distinctive notion ...
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  • of Paris; his comprehensive knowledge of philosophy and theology and his Latin ... which helped to make that town a great medieval market for wool. Neckam ...
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  • in this case concentrating on the medieval theory of typology, whereby ... Wilson and Joyce Lancaster Wilson, A Medieval Mirror, Speculum Humanae ...
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  • Because the medieval aristocracy was also a warrior class, it became ... The Rinzai Zen Monastic Institution in Medieval Japan (Harvard East Asian ...
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  • Jewish philosophy refers to philosophical inquiry informed or inspired ... Jewish philosophy can be considered to take two directions; the use ...
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  • in, many areas: Epistemology, history of philosophy, moral philosophy, philosophy ... rate in those fields, so he turned to philosophy and took first-class honors ...
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  • affairs. Siger’s importance to philosophy lies in his acceptance ... A History of Philosophy, Volume II, Medieval Philosophy from Augustine to ...
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  • and Free will, which are subjects in the philosophy of religion ... Omniscience and Omnipotence in Medieval Philosophy Islamic, Jewish, and ...
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  • elements that made up the population of medieval Spain. ... All the later medieval history-writing of Spain was based on Isidore’s ...
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  • the framework of thought of medieval philosophy which was built upon ... forms and variations. Problems of modern philosophy and its presuppositions ...
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  • the basic principles of Aristotle’s philosophy, and continued to build ... you all be fortunate, and either abandon philosophy (for it is a great labor ...
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  • Aquinas was important in shifting medieval philosophy (also known as Scholasticism ... Aquinas was important in shifting medieval philosophy (also known as Scholasticism ...
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  • logics have attracted many areas in philosophy, including metaphysics ... about essence and accident. Among the medieval writers, some of the most ...
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  • a tent pole of the reductionist philosophy of nominalism, today, it ... Ockham utilized the razor to ground his philosophy and logic in his faith; ...
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  • won fame for his discoveries of important medieval Jewish manuscripts at the ... Weiss. He also attended lectures on philosophy and other secular branches ...
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  • Roman grammarians, whose work led to the medieval and Renaissance vernacular ... ===General Philosophy Sources=== *[http://plato.stanford.edu/ Stanford ...
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  • an outspoken critic of the Aristotelian philosophy which dominated European ... Aristotle” and blamed ancient and medieval commentators for misinterpreting ...
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  • world as in Platonic realism or Medieval philosophy. The latter type often ... world (as in Platonic realism or Medieval philosophy)? This metaphysical ...
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  • of his works were widely studied by medieval and Renaissance scholars. ... . On Proclus and His Influence in Medieval Philosophy. (Philosophia antiqua ...
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  • by many philosophers and observers of philosophy to have been one of the ... to a large number of fields of philosophy. Indeed, a significant ...
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  • Egypt, in which almost 200,000 Jewish medieval manuscripts were discovered ... and analyzing the treasure trove of medieval documents that lay there ...
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  • Courtly love was a medieval European conception of ennobling love ... The terms used for courtly love during the medieval period itself ...
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  • the earliest formally developed plays in medieval Europe. Medieval mystery ... (ed.), [http://www.theatrehistory.com/medieval/mysteries001.html Medieval ...
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  • the Abbey itself. It contains a number of medieval grave monuments. The abbey ... Other early Christian and medieval monuments have been removed for ...
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  • medical theory made him unwelcome in medieval universities, and only recently ... first be a philosopher. He said, "Philosophy—the true perception and ...
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  • theory, and specializations within philosophy outside of logic, speaks ... of its application, but also in science, philosophy and the humanities. The ...
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  • moral education, psychology and natural philosophy. For eight years he served ... them. Seneca’s works were read by Medieval scholars and his tragedies—with ...
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  • In 1255 he received the degree of master, the medieval equivalent ... *Copleston, Frederick. A History of Philosophy: Medieval Philosophy ...
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  • of the most important movements in all of medieval poetry, the Dolce Stil Novo ... turning points in the breakdown of Medieval culture and the rise of ...
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  • Reason, in philosophy, is the ability to form and operate upon concepts ... In ancient Greek philosophy a conflict arose between the Platonists ...
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  • works of astrology, astronomy, philosophy and mathematics into Latin ... (On Identity and Difference) defended philosophy against the pursuit of ...
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  • had a profound impact on Islamic philosophy and on medieval European ... and was used for several centuries in medieval Europe and the Arab world ...
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