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The Popularization of Philosophy in Medieval Islam, Judaism, and Christianity
465 p.
- This volume explores attempts at the popularization of philosophy and natural science in medieval Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Medieval philosophers usually wrote their philosophical books for philosophers, so the desire to convey psychological, cosmological, metaphysical, or even physical teachings to the 'vulgus' may seem surprising. Yet philosophy was indeed taught to non-philosophers and via a variety of literary genres. Indeed, scholars have argued that philosophy most infl uenced medieval society through popular forms of transmission. Among the questions this volume addresses are the following: Which philosophers or theologians sought to direct philosophical writings to the many? For what purposes did they seek to popularize philosophy? Was the goal to teach philosophical truths? For whom exactly were these popularized texts written? How did they go about teaching philosophy to a wide audience? In what ways did popularized philosophy impact upon society? To what extent were the considerations and p
- roblems in the medieval popularization of philosophy the same or different in the various religious traditions of philosophy? How philosophical was the popularized philosophy? In addressing these questions and others, this pioneering volume is the fi rst of its kind to bring together scholars of medieval Islamic, Jewish, and Christian thought to discuss the popularization of philosophy in these three religious traditions of philosophy. [Publisher's text].
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