Description
| Product ID: | 9780195134070 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Great Medieval Thinkers |
| Title: | Boethius |
| Authors: | Author: John Marenbon |
| Page Count: | 272 |
| Subjects: | Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Medieval Western philosophy, Christianity, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Christian theology |
| Description: | This brief, accessible introduction to the thought of Boethius offers a survey of the philosopher's life and work, going on to explicate his theological method. It devotes separate chapters to his various arguments and traces his influence on the work of such thinkers as Aquinas and Duns Scotus. This book offers a brief, accessible introduction to the thought of Boethius. After a survey of Boethius''s life and work, Marenbon explicates his theological method, and devotes separate chapters to his arguments about good and evil, fortune, fate and free will, and the problem of divine foreknowledge. Marenbon also traces Boethius''s influence on the work of such thinkers as Aquinas and Duns Scotus. |
| Imprint Name: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2003-02-27 |
