Logic, theology, and poetry in Boethius, Abelard, and Alan of Lille : words in the absence of things /
"This book offers an interpretation of the major logical, philosophical/theological, and poetic writings of Boethius, Abelard, and Alan of Lille. In this interdisciplinary study, Abelard and Alan of Lille are placed with Boethius as creatively reformulating the Boethian methods, vocabulary, and...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2006.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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| Summary: | "This book offers an interpretation of the major logical, philosophical/theological, and poetic writings of Boethius, Abelard, and Alan of Lille. In this interdisciplinary study, Abelard and Alan of Lille are placed with Boethius as creatively reformulating the Boethian methods, vocabulary, and literary forms so influential in the 12th century. The author examines the theories of language of these thinkers and the ways in which those theories form part of their speculative projects and spiritual aspirations. What emerges are significant structural and narrative connections between the problems of how words illuminate things, how the mind comprehends God, and how the individual reaches beatitude."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 236 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-229) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1403969728 9781403969729 |