Medieval philosophy places heavy emphasis on the theological. The problems discussed throughout this period are the relation of faith to reason, the existence and simplicity of God, the purpose of theology and metaphysics, and the problems of knowledge, of universals, and of individuation. One of the most notable thinkers of the era, Thomas of Aquinas, never considered himself a philosopher, and criticized philosophers for always "falling short of the true and proper wisdom". Modern historians consider the medieval era to be one of philosophical development, heavily influenced by Christian theology. The high medieval Scholastic period was disparagingly treated by the Renaissance humanists, who saw it as a barbaric "middle period" between the Classical age of Greek and Roman culture, and the rebirth or renaissance of Classical culture. The history of medieval philosophy is traditionally divided into two main periods: the period in the Latin West following the Early Middle Ages until the 12th century, when the works of Aristotle and Plato were rediscovered, translated, and studied upon, and the "golden age" of the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries in the Latin West, which witnessed the culmination of the recovery of ancient philosophy, along with the reception of its Arabic commentators, and significant developments in the fields of philosophy of religion, logic, and metaphysics. It is defined partly by the process of rediscovering the ancient culture developed in Greece and Rome during the Classical period, and partly by the need to address theological problems and to integrate sacred doctrine with secular learning. Medieval philosophy, understood as a project of independent philosophical inquiry, began in Baghdad, in the middle of the 8th century, and in France, in the itinerant court of Charlemagne, in the last quarter of the 8th century. Medieval philosophy is the philosophy that existed through the Middle Ages, the period roughly extending from the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century until after the Renaissance in the 13th and 14th centuries. Philosophy seated between the seven liberal arts picture from the Hortus deliciarum of Herrad von Landsberg (12th century). Mediaevalia: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Medieval Studiesįor more information contact us by phone 80 or 43, by fax 43 or by e-mail.
Ĭontributors included David Burrell, Richard Cartwright, Thérèse-Anne Druart, Terence Irwin, Amy Karofsky, Norman Kretzmann, Brian Leftow, Colleen McCluskey, James South, and Jack Zupko. This peer-reviewed journal was published from 1991 to 2003. Its coverage extended from the Patristic period through the neoscholasticism of the seventeenth century. Medieval Philosophy and Theology was devoted to the publication of original scholarship in all areas of medieval philosophy (including logic and natural science) and medieval theology (Christian, Jewish, and Islamic).
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