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The Legend of the Middle Ages: Philosophical Explorations of Medieval Christianity, Judaism, and Islam
Remi Brague
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Description for The Legend of the Middle Ages: Philosophical Explorations of Medieval Christianity, Judaism, and Islam
Paperback. Through an interview and sixteen essays, this title explores key intersections of medieval religion and philosophy. It focuses less on individual Christian, Jewish, and Muslim thinkers than on their relationships with one another. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRAF; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Through a penetrating interview and sixteen essays, this volume explores key intersections of medieval religion and philosophy. With characteristic erudition and insight, Remi Brague focuses less on individual Christian, Jewish, and Muslim thinkers than on their relationships with one another. Their disparate philosophical worlds, Brague shows, were grounded in different models of revelation that engendered divergent interpretations of the ancient Greek sources they held in common. So, despite striking similarities in their solutions to the philosophical problems they all faced, intellectuals in each theological tradition often viewed the others' ideas with skepticism, if not disdain. Brague's portrayal of this misunderstood ... Read more
Through a penetrating interview and sixteen essays, this volume explores key intersections of medieval religion and philosophy. With characteristic erudition and insight, Remi Brague focuses less on individual Christian, Jewish, and Muslim thinkers than on their relationships with one another. Their disparate philosophical worlds, Brague shows, were grounded in different models of revelation that engendered divergent interpretations of the ancient Greek sources they held in common. So, despite striking similarities in their solutions to the philosophical problems they all faced, intellectuals in each theological tradition often viewed the others' ideas with skepticism, if not disdain. Brague's portrayal of this misunderstood ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226070810
SKU
V9780226070810
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About Remi Brague
Remi Brague is professor of philosophy at the Universite Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne and at the University of Munich. He is the author of nine other books, including The Law of God and The Wisdom of the World, both published by the University of Chicago Press. Lydia G. Cochrane has translated numerous books for the University of Chicago Press.
Reviews for The Legend of the Middle Ages: Philosophical Explorations of Medieval Christianity, Judaism, and Islam
"This truly is an informative, engaging, and very readable book that will be very useful to anyone with an intellectual interest in things medieval." (Choice) "Highly recommended to scholars of the Middle Ages as well as those in philosophy and religion more generally. They will all be enlightened by careful reading of this book." (Library Journal)"