Description for Boethius
Paperback. This brief, accessible introduction to the thought of Boethius offers a survey of the philosopher's life and work, going on to explicate his theological method. It devotes separate chapters to his various arguments and traces his influence on the work of such thinkers as Aquinas and Duns Scotus. Series: Great Medieval Thinkers. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPCB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
This book offers a brief, accessible introduction to the thought of Boethius. After a survey of Boethius's life and work, Marenbon explicates his theological method, and devotes separate chapters to his arguments about good and evil, fortune, fate and free will, and the problem of divine foreknowledge. Marenbon also traces Boethius's influence on the work of such thinkers as Aquinas and Duns Scotus.
This book offers a brief, accessible introduction to the thought of Boethius. After a survey of Boethius's life and work, Marenbon explicates his theological method, and devotes separate chapters to his arguments about good and evil, fortune, fate and free will, and the problem of divine foreknowledge. Marenbon also traces Boethius's influence on the work of such thinkers as Aquinas and Duns Scotus.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Great Medieval Thinkers
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195134070
SKU
V9780195134070
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99-1
Reviews for Boethius
...will remain for some time an indispensible introduction to one of the great thinkers of the Middle Ages.
Alan R. Perreiah, Transendent Philosophy
Alan R. Perreiah, Transendent Philosophy