Philosophy in the Middle Ages: The Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions

by Arthur Hyman (Editor), James J. Walsh (Editor), Thomas Williams (Editor)

Thomas Williams' revision of Arthur Hyman and James J. Walsh's classic compendium of writings in the Christian, Islamic, and Jewish medieval philosophical traditions expands the breadth of coverage that helped make its predecessor the best known and most widely used collection of its kind.

The third edition builds on the strengths of the second by preserving its essential shape while adding several important new texts--including works by Augustine, Boethius, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Anselm, al-Farabi, al-Ghazali, Ibn Rushd, Bonaventure, Thomas Aquinas, and John Duns Scotus--and featuring new translations of many others.

The volume has also been redesigned and its bibliographies updated with the needs of a new generation of students in mind.

Genres: Philosophy, Islam, History, Religion, Judaism, Christianity, Anthologies

728 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1960

Reviews

[MaryKate Berg · Rating 4 out of 5]

was missing some key moments of Augustine that could’ve elevated it. Besides that, love all the different regions and philosophies that are represented rather than just being western.

[Karl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Oddly, this book stands out because I remember seeing it as a prop on some old TV show. I think it was called the "Sentinal" but could be wrong. The guest star was Meredith Salinger, I didn't know who she was at the time, but thought she was really hot and always wondered to myself, "hey, who is that, she is hot." She was a Hollywood version a college student, and this was one of the books used as a prop. I wondered to myself, what real college student minimum wage worker pulled that out of his backpack when everyone else realized they forgot to bring books as props.

As far as the book goes, I can only remember that the class was hellishly hard, and that my prof assigned some full page poem in Latin that they used to remember the rules of logic. He told us it was required for the final...oh, and he gave it to us like two days before the final.

Whew, glad I got that off my chest.

[Jennifer]

MY FAVORITE BOOK - that literally and completely changed my life! I am always reading it, over and over, gradually wearing down every inch of binding. The minds portrayed in this book, and the thoughts they put forth, are fascinating and irresistible.

[Aya Wahb]

Awesome short overview from each philosophy. It is a fantastic book that has all philosophies of the Middle Ages: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim ones. I liked so much especially the Islamic philosophy section, and the Christian section epecially Saint Augustine.

[Jacob Strange · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super helpful, especially when paired with overview material. You get a good understanding of overarching views. The editors did a great job getting at the heart of each philosopher with primary sources.

[Mary Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was the text used for the Medieval Islamic and Jewish Philosophy course I took in college, and I really enjoyed the writings as well as the class. Dr. Sweeney rocks!

[Matthew Jobin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Q: How many angels can dance upon the head of a pin?
A: 42!



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