Books written by John Marenbon

  • Pagans and Philosophers: The Problem of Paganism from Augustine to Leibniz
    Pagans and Philosophers: The Problem of Paganism from Augustine to Leibniz

    ... 273–74 Richard (Hungarian Dominican), 114n23 Richard II, King of England, 214 Richard of Middleton (Mediavilla), ... 179–80; Opus maius, 129–33, 248; Opus minus, 129; Opus tertium, 129 romans d'antiquité, 70,224 Rome (and Romans), ...

  • The Philosophy of Peter Abelard
    The Philosophy of Peter Abelard

    On Abailard's view the doctrine of categories is basically semantic rather than ontological ; J. Coleman , Ancient and medieval memories ( Cambridge , 1992 ) , p . 239 ( before quoting the comment ) : ' Aristotle is not interested in ...

  • Later Medieval Philosophy (1150-1350): An Introduction
    Later Medieval Philosophy (1150-1350): An Introduction

    An introduction to philosophy in the Latin West (1150-1350) combines an historical approach with philosophical analysis of thirteenth and fourteenth-century writing in terms comprehensible to the modern reader.

  • The Many Roots of Medieval Logic: The Aristotelian and the Non-Aristotelian Traditions
    The Many Roots of Medieval Logic: The Aristotelian and the Non-Aristotelian Traditions

    (2003) 'Abelard on Rhetoric' in C. Mews, C. Nederman and R. Thomson (eds) Rhetoric and Renewal in the Latin West 1100–1540, Essays in Honour of John O. Ward, Turnhout, 54–80. Fredborg, K. M., L. Nielsen and J. Pinborg, ...

  • Pagans and Philosophers: The Problem of Paganism from Augustine to Leibniz
    Pagans and Philosophers: The Problem of Paganism from Augustine to Leibniz

    The various different versions of the Book often differ significantly, in a way that shows different reactions to the material by various translators and redactors. These variations have led Higgins to speak of the ...

  • Medieval Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
    Medieval Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

    In this book John Marenbon discusses the extraordinary breadth of medieval philosophy as written by Christians in Greek and Latin, Muslims in Arabic and by Jews in Hebrew, from c. 500 to c. 1550.

  • Boethius
    Boethius

    ... 'Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius' in The Blackwell Companion to Medieval Philosophy, ed. J. Gracia and T. Noone (Oxford/ Malden, Mass.; Blackwell). Magee, J. (ed.) (1998) Anicii Manlii Severini Boethii 'De divisione liber' ...

  • Medieval Philosophy: An Historical and Philosophical Introduction
    Medieval Philosophy: An Historical and Philosophical Introduction

    Knuuttila, S. (2004) Emotions in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Kraye, J., Ryan, W.F. and Schmitt, C.B. (eds) (1986) Pseudo-Aristotle in the Middle Ages: The Theology and Other Texts, London: Warburg ...

  • The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Philosophy
    The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Philosophy

    ... animate the entire output of philosophers like al-Kindī or al-Fārābī. More fundamental than this question of sources, but also more controversial, is the question of how philosophical discourse relates to theological discourse, ...

  • Medieval Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
    Medieval Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

    ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly.

  • The Cambridge Companion to Boethius
    The Cambridge Companion to Boethius

    Commentaire sur les Catégories, translation and commentary, directed by I. Hadot (Philosophia Antiqua 50ff.) ... in Blank and Kretzmann 1998, 3–15 and 16–23. 2004. The Philosophy of the Commentators 200–600 AD II. Physics.

  • Collationes
    Collationes

    Written probably c.1130, the work contains the fullest exposition of many aspects of abelard's ethics, the only statement of his unusual eschatological theory, and some of his most interesting ideas about faith and the relationshipbetween ...

  • Poetry and Philosophy in the Middle Ages: A Festschrift for Peter Dronke
    Poetry and Philosophy in the Middle Ages: A Festschrift for Peter Dronke

    24 D. Schaller and E. Könsgen , Initia carminum latinorum saeculo undecimo antiquiorum ( Göttingen 1977 ) , numbers 12273 ( Walahfrid , epitaphium Megingoz ) , 12274 ( anonymous epitafion Werdonis ) , 12275 ...

  • From the Circle of Alcuin to the School of Auxerre: Logic, Theology and Philosophy in the Early Middle Ages
    From the Circle of Alcuin to the School of Auxerre: Logic, Theology and Philosophy in the Early Middle Ages

    Homonyms , the glossator understands correctly , are things which have the same name although they are different . As an example , he chooses ' Jesus ' , the name both of Christ , who was God and man , and of other ordinary men .

  • The Cambridge Companion to Boethius
    The Cambridge Companion to Boethius

    Covers all the important aspects of Boethius's thought and his influence on poets as well as philosophers and theologians.

  • The ‘Roman de la Rose' and Thirteenth-Century Thought
    The ‘Roman de la Rose' and Thirteenth-Century Thought

    The first truly in-depth, interdisciplinary study of philosophical questions in the seminal medieval literary work, the Roman de la Rose.

  • Boethius
    Boethius

    ... gifts of fortune , such as wealth and rank . Fortune is personified and allowed to defend herself against Boethius's charges of inconstancy : it is her very nature to be changing , and what she gives is hers to take away again ( CII.1–2 ) ...

  • Continuity and Innovation in Medieval and Modern Philosophy: Knowledge, Mind and Language
    Continuity and Innovation in Medieval and Modern Philosophy: Knowledge, Mind and Language

    This book examines three areas where these continuities are particularly clear: knowledge, the mind, and language.