The Cambridge History of Later Greek and Early Medieval Philosophy. - ARMSTRONG, A.H., (ed.),

KORTE INHOUD

'The appearance of this work is particularly welcome in that it covers a period whose influence on subsequent European thought and culture has been immense, yet which has remained for the most part little known not only to the general reader but also top most contemporary philosophers and theologians (...). The contributors to the present volume are (...) all scholars of distinction and each of them provides an illuminating discussion of his own special section. (...) the volume is too short. (...) (The) most serious (defect) is the editor's failure to impose a uniform plan on all contributors, whith the result that the volume reads less like a continuous history than like a disconnencted series of essays on more or less related topics. (...) These points apart, each contributor produces much fascinating material. (...) In short, the book provides a valuable, and in parts a brilliant, treatment of its field, and will be found essential reading by many scholars for many years to come.' (R.T. WALLIS in The Clas...
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1970Uitgever: Cambridge University Press714 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 052104054XISBN-13: 9780521040549

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