The Light of Thy Countenance: Science and Knowledge of God in the Thirteenth Century (Studies in the History of Christian Thought) (2 Volume Set)
Author: Steven Marrone
Publisher: Brill
Edition: 2nd edition
Publication Date: 2001-01-12
Language: English
Paperback: 864 pages
ISBN-10: 9004119477
ISBN-13: 9789004119475
Book Description
This book is about the development of scholastic argumentation in thirteenth-century Europe. It traces the rise of a formal model of science and resulting accommodations in traditional attitudes towards human cognition, especially with regard to the role of divine illumination.
Investigated are ten theologians from Robert Grosseteste to Duns Scotus, all commonly associated with a so-called Augustinian current. The analysis focuses on theory of knowledge and of mind, relating both to the account of human understanding of divinity in the world.
Of interest to historians of medieval culture and historians of science, the book lays bare the intellectual transformations ultimately setting the stage for the emergence of modern science. It furthermore advances a novel argument about the reality of “Augustinianism” and “Aristotelianism” in high-medieval thought. All volumes of the print edition are available in individual e-books: 9789004531444 (volume 1) – 9789004531451 (volume 2).
Review
Douglas Langston, Speculum, 2002.
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