William of Auvergne and Robert Grosseteste: New Ideas of Truth in Early Thirteenth Century

by Steven P. Marrone

Overview

Focusing on the seminal works of two early thirteenth-century philosophers, Steven P. Marrone shows how the idea of science" and the desire to be "scientific" first penetrated the scholarly discourse of the medieval West.

Originally published in 1983.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691641256
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	04/19/2016
Series:	Princeton Legacy Library , #654
Pages:	332
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

• FrontMatter, pg. i
• Table of Contents, pg. vii
• Preface, pg. ix
• Abbreviations, pg. xi
• Introduction, pg. 1
• I. The State of Human Knowledge, pg. 25
• II. Truth in Simple Knowledge, pg. 39
• III. The Truth of Complex Knowledge, pg. 74
• IV. Conclusion, pg. 126
• V. Truth in Simple Knowledge According to Grosseteste's Early Works, pg. 135
• VI. Truth in Simple Knowledge According to Grosseteste's Commentaries on Aristotle, pg. 157
• VII. The Truth of Complex Knowledge, pg. 215
• Conclusion, pg. 287
• Appendixes, pg. 293
• Bibliography, pg. 295
• Index, pg. 311