Middelalderens filosofi

Naturens lys er en moderne klassiker i dansk faglitteratur. Bogen er både en kritisk gennemgang af den naturforståelse, der dominerede det 20. århundrede og samtidig en afdækning eller genopdagelse af en række forestillinger om natur, der er blevet afvist eller undertrykt op gennem historien. Det viser sig, at denne understrøm af forskellige natursyn og videnstraditioner er en del af filosofiens og videnskabernes historie og en stadig kilde til fornyelse og inspiration. Naturens lys er en fascinerende fortælling om en levende natur og mennesket som indfoldet heri med både krop og sjæl og ånd. Gennem bogens kapitler kommer den fortrængte historie til orde som en fortløbende fortælling, der lodder dybere og dybere og samtidig taler direkte ind i vores egen tid. Aksel Haaning (f. 1959) er uddannet som mag. art. i middelalderens latin fra Københavns Universitet, ph.d. i Science Studies fra Roskilde Universitet, hvor han er lektor i Filosofi- og videnskabs- historie. Naturens lys. Filosofi og kosmologi i middelalder og renæssance 1250-1650 er en medrivende fortælling om glemte verdensbilleder og fortrængte vidensformer, hvad man i digtning og filosofi, i videnskab og religion, kaldte verdenssjælen (anima mundi), kvintessensen, livets rod eller jordens ånd (spiritus mundi) og naturens lys (lumen naturae). Værket viser, at disse traditioner bestræber sig på at forklare og formulere en forbindelse mellem menneske og natur, mellem legeme og sjæl, og beskriver samtidig, hvordan alting er forbundet i et større hele; tankeformer, der gennem senere århundreder kom til at stå i skyggen af fortællingen om menneskets herredømme og naturen som råstof eller materiel ressource.

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Filosofiens trøst er skrevet ca. 524 af en mand, som sad fængslet og ventede på at blive henrettet for forræderi mod kong Theodorik. Forfatteren Boethius var en fornem romersk senator og dybt fortrolig med hele antikkens filosofi og litteratur. I sin desperate situation fandt han trøst ved at forestille sig en samtale med Filosofien selv i skikkelse af en kvinde. Prosa veksler med digte i mange versemål og rap dialog med dybsindige udredninger af tidløse eksistensspørgsmål.Filsofiens trøst er blevet kaldt´tusind års bestseller´. Den var længe den mest læste bog i Europa efter bibelen og er kommet mange udgaver. I Danmark er den kun udkommet én gang før, i 1756. Det anonyme skrift Theoderiks historie skildrer goterkongens regeringstid - og giver Boethius´ baggrund i samtiden og beskriver hans henrettelse. Begge skrifter er oversat af Torben Damsholt.

Den kristne mystik er Aksel Haanings anmelderroste og eminente indføring i middelalderens tankeverden med fyldige kapitler om bl.a. Augustin, Bernhard af Clairvaux, Frans af Assisi og Meister Eckhart. Bogen belyser som Haanings forfatterskab i øvrigt menneskets aktuelle og kriseombruste forhold til naturen. Her foreligger den i en ny, gennemrevideret og smukt indbundet udgave, der kan læses af enhver også uden forkundskaber indenfor feltet.

This book is based on the postmedieval journal special issue Critical Confessions Now. These chapters on confessions exhibit great diversity and take up different disciplinary approaches by scholars who stand at various stages of their careers. They address not only different time periods but also various linguistic and cultural contexts. Contributors deploy a wide array of methods, critical approaches, and narrative voices, and contributors assumed the confessional voice with a whole host of affective responses ¿ from enthusiasm to cautious hesitation to outright discomfort. Previously published in postmedieval Volume 11, issue 2-3, August 2020.

Der Henneberger Graf Otto von Botenlauben vereint alles in sich, was man heute mit einem Ritter des 13. Jahrhunderts verbindet: Als Kreuzfahrer strahlt er etwas Abenteuerlustiges und Kämpferisches aus; seine Ehe mit Beatrix von Courtenay im Königreich Jerusalem und sein langer Aufenthalt im Heiligen Land wirken zugleich romantisch und exotisch; als Minnesänger, dessen Liedtexte in den bedeutendsten Handschriften des Mittelalters bewahrt sind, entspricht er dem kulturellen Anspruch des Rittertums; als Klostergründer schließlich verkörpert er auch den christlichen Frömmigkeitsaspekt. Über diese interessante Person, einen Angehörigen des fränkischen Hochadels des ausgehenden 12. und beginnenden 13. Jahrhunderts, der an den Kaiserhöfen des römisch-deutschen Reichs gern gesehen war, sind wir verhältnismäßig gut informiert. Wissenschaftlich fundiert und zugleich verständlich wird Graf Otto von Botenlauben in der vorliegenden Abhandlung zunächst in seiner Aktivität als Kreuzfahrer dargestellt, dann steht der Minnesänger im Vordergrund; schließlich geht es um die Gründung des Klosters Frauenroth - mit einem Streiflicht auf die religiösen Bewegungen der damaligen Zeit.

¿Authors, Factions, and Courts in Angevin England: A Literature of Personal Ambition (12th-13th Century) advances a model for historical study of courtly literature by foregrounding the personal aims, networks, and careers as the impetus for much of the period¿s literature. The book takes two authors as case studies ¿ Gerald of Wales and Walter Map ¿ to show how authors not only built their own stories but also used popular narratives and the tools of propaganda to achieve their own, personal goals. The purpose of this study is to overturn the top-down model of political patronage, in which patrons ¿ and particularly royal patrons ¿ set the cultural agenda and dictate literary tastes. Rather, Fabrizio De Falco argues that authors were often representative of many different interests expressed by local groups. To pursue those interests, they targeted specific political factions in the changeable political scenario of Angevin England. Their texts reveal a polycentric view of cultural production and its reception. The study aims to model a heuristic process which is applicable to other courtly texts besides the chosen case-studies.

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The presented volume contains a critical edition of questions 8¿10 from Book II of the commentary on Peter Lombard¿s Sentences by Marsilius of Inghen (¿ 1396). Marsilius was a famous scholar and the first rector of the University of Heidelberg, educated in Paris. He influenced next generations of philosophers and theologians up to sixteenth century. In general, these questions deal with the problem of creation of the material world. In detail, question 8 addresses the issue of formless matter and the material nature of the heaven. Question 9 addresses the concept of light and some trinitarian problems. Finally question 10 explores the model of the universe and the approach to the relationship between faith and reason.

In his book, Kazimierz Gry¿enia presents the changes which occurred in the understanding of analogy in modern scholasticism, with particular reference to the views of the leading representative of the period, Francisco Suárez. As a representative of the newly established Jesuit order, Suárez was not bound to any previous philosophical tradition and sought to develop a universal system of philosophy.This book acquaints the reader with the complexity of modern scholasticism, and presents Suárez¿s philosophy as a significant link in the consolidation of essentialist and ontological tendencies. It also poses the question of whether philosophy conceived and practiced in this way contributed to the later resentment towards philosophy as such, especially towards metaphysics.

This book provides a detailed study of the Art de Contemplacio, the influential work by the medieval philosopher Ramon Lull. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Francis Jau Le Frost provides a comprehensive analysis of the work's language, structure, and philosophical underpinnings. This book is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of medieval philosophy.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This book critically explores the development of radical criminological thought through the social, political and cultural history of the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. It follows on from the previous volume which examined Classical Greece until the emergence of the early Christian movement in the Roman empire. Through separate chapters, it discusses the key literature (myths, fairy tales and Shakespeare), religions and philosophers of the era, and the development of early radical views and issues over time. This book examines the links between the origins of radical criminology and its future. It speaks to those interested in the (pre)history of criminology and the historical production of criminological knowledge, drawing on Criminology, Sociology, Classics, History, Philosophy, Ancient Literature and Politics.

This book surveys Hebrew manuscripts of Aristotelian philosophy and logic. It presents a translation and revision of part of Moritz Steinschneider's monumental Die Hebraeischen Ubersetzungen des Mittelalters und die Juden als Dolmetscher (The Hebrew Translations of the Middle Ages and the Jews as Interpreters). This resource was first published in 1893. It remains to this day the authoritative account of the transmission and development of Arabic and Latin, and, by way of those languages, Greek culture to medieval and renaissance Jews.The editors have updated Steinschneider's bibliography. They have also judiciously revised some of his scholarly judgments. In addition, the volume provides an exhaustive listing of pertinent Hebrew manuscripts and their whereabouts. The section on logic, including texts hitherto unknown, represents the latest research in the history of medieval logic in Hebrew. This publication is the second in a series of volumes that translates, updates, and, where necessary, revises parts of Steinschneider's bio-bibliographical classic work on Hebrew manuscripts of philosophical encyclopedias, manuals, and logical writings. Historians of medieval culture and philosophy, and also scholars of the transmission of classical culture to Muslims, Christians, and Jews, will find this volume indispensable.

This book is a thought-provoking and meticulously researched dissertation that delves into the multifaceted origins of human knowledge. It skillfully navigates the classical, scientific, and Abrahamic narratives that have shaped our understanding of the cosmos and the relationship between the mind, body, and spirit. The author, through a rigorous analysis of these narratives, uncovers a recurring theme of isolation intertwined with materialistic cosmology. The core argument revolves around the depiction of the psyche, mind, soul, or spirit's entrapment within the physical body. Drawing parallels between the symbolic constraints used by both classical and Abrahamic traditions and Aristotle's foundational theory of materialism, the dissertation provides compelling evidence for its central thesis.