Light of Thy countenance : Science and knowledge of God in the thirteenth century.
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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BRILL,
2001
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| Summary: | 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 hi. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (633 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9789047400660 9047400666 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
