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PHIL3172: MEDIEVAL WESTERN PHILOSOPHERS 2013-2014 Venue: ELB 203 (利黃瑤璧樓 203) Time: Wednesdays 9:30 - 12:15 - Teacher: Louis Ha PHIL3172: MEDIEVAL WESTERN PHILOSOPHERS 2013-2014 Venue: ELB 203 (利黃瑤璧樓 203) Time: Wednesdays 9:30 - 12:15 - Teacher: Louis Ha. email Middle Ages in the West lasted for more than a millennium after the downfall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th Century. During this period people lived under certain unity and uniformity commanded by the strong influence of Christianity and the common acceptance of the importance of faith in one’s daily life. This course aims at presenting the thoughts of those centuries developed in serenity and piety together with the breakthroughs made by individual philosophers such as Boethius, Anselm of Canterbury, Peter Abelard, Thomas Aquinas and Duns Scotus. Modern people, though live in a technologically advanced era, are quite often facing almost the same challenges of their Medieval fellow human-beings. The course intends to provide students with instances for a more general comprehension of human reality through the study on the problems of faith and understanding. Internal website 8 January, 2014 *INTRODUCTION The medieval Europe: the time, the place and the people The two themes and five philosophers chosen for the course Class dynamics - a) oral report by students, b) lecture by teacher, c) discussion in small groups, d) points of reflections (at least two) Assessment: attendance 10%; book report 20%(2000 words, before/on 12 Oct.); presentation 30%; term paper 40%(5000 words, before/on 23 Nov.) * The spirit of mediæval philosophy / by Étienne Gilson. * 中世紀哲學精神/ Etienne Gilson 著 ; 沈淸松譯. * [Chapters 18,19,20] 15 January, 2014 *CONSOLATIO PHILOSOPHIAE, Book V by Boethius (480-524) Boethius 22 January, 2014 *DE DIVISIONE NATURAE, Book II. by John Scotus Eriugena (810-877) Schoedinger, 282-295 29 January, 2014 *PROSLOGIUM. chapter II-IV by Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109) 1 - AN ANSWER TO THE ARGUMENT #6. by Gaunilon, a monk of Marmoutier. - IN REPLY TO GAUNILON'S ANSWER, chapter III by Anselm of Canterbury Anselm 5 February 2014 *UNIVERSALS - The Medieval Problem Klima, Gyula, "The Medieval Problem of Universals", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2008 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), Problem of Universals -John Duns Scotus (1266-1308) 12 February 2014 *UNIVERSALS - The Medieval Problem Klima, Gyula, "The Medieval Problem of Universals", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2008 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), Problem of Universals -William of Ockham (1298-1350) 19 February 2014 *ETHICA by Peter Abelard (1079-1142) Schoedinger, 121-142 22 February 2014 (Saturday: 9:30-12:00)???(tentative) *FIELD TRIP - An intellectual conversation with scholastics Salesian House of Studies Rector: Rev. Dr. Lanfranco Fedrigotti 斐林豐神父, SDB Address: 18, Chaiwan Road, Hong Kong. Tel: 2567-9102/3 26 February 2014 *SUMMA THEOLOGIAE by Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) - Existence of God 1.1.1-2; 1,2,1-3; - Problem of Evil: De Malo 1.2-4; 3.1 5 March 2014 *SUMMA THEOLOGIAE by Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) - Knowledge and sensation 1.84.6-8; 1.85.1-4; 1.88.1-3; 12 March 2014 *SUMMA THEOLOGIAE by Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) - Law 92,94,95 19 March 2014 *MEDIEVAL SPIRITUALITY -Bonaventura di Giovanni Fidanza (1221-1274) The Journey of the Mind Into God Bonaventura 26 March 2014 *MEDIEVAL SPIRITUALITY 2 -Meister Eckhart (1260-1327) The Meister Eckhart Site: Texts and Discussion READING MATERIAL Boethius (480-524) Boethius - by Ralph McInerny Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius* (480-524) Boethius: De consolatione philosophiae (Latin and English with commentary and other resources, Translated by W.V. Cooper, ed. James O'Donnell) The Consolation of Philosophy (selections): translation by R. Hooker The Consolation of Philosophy: text with an introduction by Sanderson Beck Boethius's Attempt to Solve the Medieval Problem of Universals International Boethius Society Boethius (Chinese) John Scotus Erigena (810-877) John Scotus Erigena - by Ralph McInerny John Scotus Erigena- by William Turner Johannes Scotus Erigena Johannes Scotus Erigena (Chinese) Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109) Anselm of Canterbury- by William Turner Saint Anselm of Canterbury - by Ralph McInerny Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109) Proof of the Existence of God Introduction to Anselm's Writings Medieval Sourcebook Monologium Medieval Sourcebook Proslogium Medieval Sourcebook Gaunilo: In Behalf of the Fool, and Anselm's Reply Medieval Sourcebook Proslogium; Monologium; An Appendix in Behalf of the Fool by Gaunilon; and Cur Deus Homo Cur Deus Homo (Why God Became Man) Medieval Sourcebook Anselm (Chinese) Peter Abelard (1079-1142) Peter Abelard- by William Turner Peter Abelard - by Ralph McInerny Abelard- Jacques Maritain Center Peter Abelard- by New Advent Sic et Non- (Latin) Sic et Non- Prologue (English) Sic et Non- (German) 3 History of My Calamities [Selections]; full text also available in Latin and in English translation by Henry Adams Bellows Abelard: Historia Calamitatum (The Story of My Misfortunes) Heloysae epistola, "Heloyse sue ad ipsum deprecatoria" (Heloise's First Letter) Stealing Heaven YouTube (115 min.) Abelard (Chinese) Bonaventura di Giovanni Fidanza (1221-1274) St. Bonaventure- by the Catholic Encyclopedia Saint Bonaventure - by Ralph McInerny Itinerarium Mentis in Deum - in Latin The Journey of the Mind Into God Bonaventura (Chinese) Albertus Magnus (1193-1280) Albert the Great - by Ralph McInerny Albertus Magnus: D. J. Kenndy, Maritian Center Albertus Magnus- by Sr. M. Albert Hughes, O.P. Albertus Magnus - pictures Albert the Great - On Cleaving to God- by Christian Classics Ethereal Library Writings of Albert the Great Albertus Magnus (Chinese) Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) Thomas Aquinas- by William Turner Saint Thomas Aquinas - by Ralph McInerny St. Thomas Aquinas - by Jacques Maritain Saint Thomas Aquinas, Catholic Encyclopedia Saint Thomas Aquinas- Christian Classics Ethereal Library Thomism, Catholic Encyclopedia Thomas Aquinas: On Being and Essence (DE ENTE Et ESSENTIA) Summa Theologica (full text in English) - Benziger Bros. edition, 1947 Synopsis of Summa Theologica Summa contra gentiles, Part I, "Of God and His Creatures" (Trans. Joseph Rickaby) Aquinas on God by John Kilcullen Aquinas Summa Theologica by John Kilcullen Aquinas on the Nature of Law Thomas Aquinas in English: A Bibliography Thomas Aquinas (Chinese) Corpus Thomisticum - (Latin) Siger of Brabant (c. 1240 - 1280s) Controversial arts master, a leading figure among the so-called Latin Averroists. THE ETERNITY OF THE WORLD - translated by Peter King 4 several sophismata (ed. Bazán 1974) a set of Quaestiones logicales (ed. Bazán 1974) a treatise on Impossibilia (ed. Bazán 1974) commentary on De anima III [ca. 1265] (ed. Bazán 1972) commentary on De generatione (ed. Bazán 1974) commentary on the Physics (ed. Zimmermann, in Bazán 1974) commentary on the Metaphysics [ca. 1273/75] (in four mss., representing four distinct reportationes, ed. Dunphy 1981; Maurer 1983) commentary on Liber de causis [1274/76] (ed. Marlasca 1972) De necessitate et contingentia causarum (ed. Duin, La doctrine de la providence 1954) De aeternitate mundi [ca. 1272] (ed. Bazán 1972; tr. Vollert et al. 1964) De anima intellectiva [ca. 1271] (ed. Bazán 1972) Meister Eckhart (1260-1327) Meister Eckhart - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Meister Johann Eckhart - New Advent Meister Eckhart: a medieval Christian mystic The Meister Eckhart Site: Texts and Discussion Meister Eckhart- Christian Classics Ethereal Library The Eckhart Society Meister Eckhart (Chinese) John Duns Scotus (1266-1308) John Duns Scotus - Biographies & Web Resources - The Franciscan Archive Bl. John Duns Scotus - New Advent John Duns Scotus- by William Turner John Duns Scotus - by Ralph McInerny John Duns Scotus on Universals - by R.J.Kilcullen Scotism and Scotists - Jacques Maritain Center Duns Scotus (Chinese) William of Ockham (1298-1350) William of Ockham (d. 1347) - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy William of Ockham- by William Turner William of Ockham - by Ralph McInerny William of Ockham:Dialogus - by the British Academy William of Ockham:Dialogus (Latin) Natural law and will in Ockham - by John Kilcullen The origin of property: Ockham, Grotius, Pufendorf, and some others - by John Kilcullen Ockham on Universals - by John Kilcullen William Of Ockham and the Death Of Universals William of Ockham (Chinese) 5 REFERENCE: Bibliography of Western medieval philosophers Teaching Materials on Medieval Philosophy - by John Kilcullen Byzantine & Medieval Studies Sites The Internet Medieval Sourcebook medieval chronicle medieval graphics and movies The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Catholicism in the Middle Ages - by Thomas J. 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