Philosophy in the Middle Ages: The Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions by Arthur Hyman
Jul 17, 2011 By: jtaubes
Arthur Hyman, James J. Walsh, Thomas Williams, Philosophy in the Middle Ages: The Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions, Third edition (Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2010). Sincethe appearance of its first edition in 1967, this work has become a classic. Indeed, it is now the most widely used compendium of writings in the Christian, Islamic, and Jewish medieval philosophical traditions. It presents excerpts from, and analysis of, the works of the most influential philosophers in the three faith traditions, including Augustine, Boethius, Anselm, Abelard and Aquinas; Alfarabi, Alghazali, and Avicenna; Ibn Gabirol, Maimonides, and Saadia. The third edition builds on the strengths of the second by preserving its essential shape while adding several important new texts from authors such as Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Bonaventure, and John Duns Scotus.