Grant - God and Reason in the Middle Ages(1), Theology, philosophy and the history of ideas

Grant - God and Reason in the Middle ...

Grant - God and Reason in the Middle Ages(1), Theology, philosophy and the history of ideas

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GOD AND REASON IN THE MIDDLE AGES
, the emphasis on reason in the learning and intellectual
life of Western Europe became more pervasive and widespread than ever before
in the history of human civilization. This dramatic state of affairs followed the
long, difﬁcult period of the barbarian invasions, which ended around
A
.
D
.
1000
1100
and
1600
, within which reason was institutional-
ized and where it became a deeply embedded, permanent feature of Western
thought and culture. It is therefore appropriate to speak of an Age of Reason in
the Middle Ages, and to view it as a forerunner and herald of the Age of
Reason that was to come in the seventeenth century.
The object of this book is twofold: to describe how reason was manifested in
the curriculum of medieval universities, especially in the subjects of logic, natural
philosophy, and theology; and to explain how the Middle Ages acquired an
undeserved reputation as an age of superstition, barbarism, and unreason.
1200
Edward Grant is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History and Philosophy
of Science and Professor Emeritus of History at Indiana University. He is the
author of
The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages: Their Religious,
Institutional, and Intellectual Contexts
(Cambridge University Press,
1996
);
Mathematics and Its Applications to Science and Natural Philosophy in the
Middle Ages
(Cambridge University Press,
), and numerous other books
and articles. He was awarded the George Sarton Medal of the History of
Science Society in
1987
1992
.
Between
when a new and vibrant Europe emerged. Of crucial signiﬁcance was the
invention of the university around
);
Planets, Stars, & Orbs: The Medieval Cosmos
(Cambridge University Press,
1994
GOD AND REASON
IN THE MIDDLE AGES
EDWARD GRANT
Indiana University
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Edward Grant 2004
First published in printed format
2001
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