| Virtue and Ethics in the Twelfth Century Contributor(s): Bejczy, István, Newhauser, Richard |
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ISBN: 9004143270 ISBN-13: 9789004143272 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $157.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2005 Annotation: This volume contains fifteen contributions on diverse aspects of twelfth-century moral thought, including monastic morality, (proto-)scholastic virtue ethics, the conception of virtue in various socio-political contexts and ethical traditions in Islamic and Jewish philosophy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 170.902 |
| LCCN: 2005050142 |
| Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 6.36" W x 9.58" (1.84 lbs) 399 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume analyses the renewal of Western moral thought in the twelfth century. This renewal was marked by a burgeoning of increasingly systematized texts, a lively reception of ancient moral philosophy and a greater emphasis on the psychology of the moral agent. Five contributions are devoted to monastic morality (Anselm of Canterbury, Bernard of Clairvaux, Hugh of Folieto, Hugh of Saint Victor, Peter Abelard); another five to (proto-)scholastic thought (John of Salisbury, Peter Abelard, Stephen Langton, the idea of natural virtue, the justification of lying); three discuss moral issues in a wider social context (liberality vs. avarice, royal justice in England, the cardinal virtues and the French monarchy). The two remaining contributions explore ethical traditions in Islamic and Jewish philosophy. With contributions by Istv n P. Bejczy, C line Billot-Vilandreau, Marcia L. Colish, Jeroen Laemers, John Kitchen, Cary J. Nederman, Richard G. Newhauser, Willemien Otten, Burcht Pranger, Riccardo Quinto, Ineke van 't Spijker, Arjo Vanderjagt, Bj rn Weiler and George Wilkes. |