History & Surveys - Medieval
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Aristotle’s Children: How Christians, Muslims, and Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom and Illuminated the Middle Ages
$21.95 Add to cartEurope was in the long slumber of the Middle Ages, the Roman Empire was in tatters, and the Greek language was all but forgotten, until a group of twelfth-century scholars rediscovered and translated … [more below]
- Author: Rubenstein, Richard E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0156030098
- Language: English
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Treatise on Law: Summa Theologica, Questions 90-97
$18.99 Read moreIn his treatise on law comprising questions 90-97 of the Summa Theologica, St. Thomas presents a philosophical analysis of the nature and structure of law. Believing that law achieves its results by i… [more below]
- Author: Aquinas, Saint Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 116
- Publish Date: September 01 1996
- ISBN10: 0895267055
- Language: English
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Utopia
$5.00 Read moreFirst published in Latin in 1516, Utopia was the work of Sir Thomas More (1477-1535), the brilliant humanist, scholar, and churchman executed by Henry VIII for his refusal to accept the king as the su
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: More, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: July 07 1997
- ISBN10: 0486295834
- Language: English
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Anselm: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAnselm of Canterbury (1033-1109) was the outstanding philosopher-theologian of the Latin West between Augustine and the thirteenth century. As a public figure, especially as Archbishop of Canterbury, … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Williams, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: February 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0192897810
- Language: English
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Medieval Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartFor many of us, the term ‘medieval philosophy’ conjures up the figure of Thomas Aquinas, and is closely intertwined with religion. In this Very Short Introduction John Marenbon shows how medieval phil… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Marenbon, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: April 01 2016
- ISBN10: 019966322X
- Language: English
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The Consolation of Philosophy
$8.95 Read moreOne of the most influential books in the history of Western thought, The Consolation of Philosophy was written in a prison cell by a condemned man. Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (c. 480-524) was
- Author: Boethius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 10 2002
- ISBN10: 0486421635
- Language: English
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The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy
$48.00 Add to cartRepresenting one of the great traditions of Western philosophy, philosophy written in Arabic and in the Islamic world was inspired by Greek philosophical works and the indigenous ideas of Islamic theo… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy (Hardcover)
- Author: Adamson, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: December 09 2004
- ISBN10: 052152069X
- Language: English
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The Consolation of Philosophy: With an Introduction and Contemporary Criticism
$8.95 Read moreWritten in the sixth century, The Consolation of Philosophy was one of the most popular and influential works of the Middle Ages. Boethius composed the masterpiece while imprisoned and awaiting the de
- Series: Ignatius Critical Editions
- Author: Boethius, Anicius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: April 25 2012
- ISBN10: 1586174371
- Language: English
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Socrates’ Children: An Introduction to Philosophy from the 100 Greatest Philosophers: Volume II: Medieval Philosophers Volume 2
$19.95 Add to cartPeter Kreeft, esteemed philosophy professor and author of over eighty books, has taught college philosophy for sixty years. Throughout those decades, he yearned for a beginner’s philosophy text that
- Series: Socrates’ Children
- Author: Kreeft, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1685780113
- Language: English
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Selected Writings of Thomas Aquinas
$18.00 Add to cartIn his reflections on Christianity, Saint Thomas Aquinas forged a unique synthesis of ancient philosophy and medieval theology.
Preoccupied with the relationship between faith and reason, he was influ- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Aquinas, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 450
- Publish Date: January 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0140436324
- Language: English
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The Consolation of Philosophy
$16.00 Read moreBoethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek scholar. When he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in Pavia, it was to the Greek phi… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Boethius, Ancius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0140447806
- Language: English
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How to Focus: A Monastic Guide for an Age of Distraction
$18.95 Add to cartHow you can learn to focus like a monk without living like one
Distraction isn’t a new problem. We’re also not the first to complain about how hard it is to concentrate. Early Christian monks beat us- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Cassian, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0691208085
- Language: English
