Medieval Teachers of Freedom

Auteur

Marco Antonio Andreacchio was awarded a doctorate from the University of IIllinois for his interpretation of Sino-Japanese philosophical classics in dialogue with Western counterparts and a doctorate from Cambridge University for his work on Dante's Platonic interpretation of religious authority. Andreacchio has taught at various higher education institutions and published systematically on problems of a political-philosophical nature.

Texte du rabat

Medieval debates over "divine creation" are systematically obscured in our age by the conflict between "Intelligent Design" Creationists and Evolutionists. The present investigation cuts through the web of contemporary conflicts to examine problems seated at the heart of medieval talk about creation.

Contenu

Prefatory Remarks: The "Poetic Telos" of the Present Study

Introduction

1. "Poetic Reason" as Key to Reading Medieval Authors

2. Theology or Philosophy? A False Dilemma

3. A Universe from Nothing beyond Theology?

4. Medieval Scholarship as Guide in Interpretation?

5. Aristotle or Plato? Another false dilemma

6. Introduction to the problem of Context

7. Medieval Platonism Beyond Intellectual History

8. Medieval Platonism

9. Medieval Platonic Hermeneutics

10. The Problem of Creation

11. Creation from Nothing?

12. Divine Creation as Key to Freedom

13. What is Freedom?

14. Emanationism vs. Voluntarism

15. Creation and the Problem of Omnipotence

16. Logos as Key to Creation

17. The Essence of Human Freedom: Creation "from Nothing" as Divine Intellective Emanation

18. Eternity and Dialogue

19. Medieval Teachers of Freedom

20. The Philosophical Heart of Medieval Scholarship

21. The Problem of Voluntarism

22. From Intelligent Design Back to Platonism

23. Being and Nothingness

24. Evil

25. Creation and Platonic Ideas Bibliography

Index