Pagans and Philosophers: The Problem of Paganism from Augustine to Leibniz by Marenbon, John - 2015-03-22

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. 354pp. Initials on half-title and tiny bump and tiny tear at the spine base else fine in fine dust jacket.

US: Princeton University Press, 2015. Hardcover. Good/Good. From the turn of the fifth century to the beginning of the eighteenth, Chri stian writers were fascinated and troubled by the "Problem of Paganism," wh ich this book identifies and examines for the first time. How could the wis dom and virtue of the great thinkers of antiquity be reconciled with the fa ct that they were pagans and, many thought, damned? Related questions were raised by encounters with contemporary pagans in northern Europe, Mongolia, and, later, America and China. Pagans and Philosophers explores how writersâ??philosophers and theologians , but also poets such as Dante, Chaucer, and Langland, and travelers such a s Las Casas and Ricciâ??tackled the Problem of Paganism. Augustine and Boet hius set its terms, while Peter Abelard and John of Salisbury were importan t early advocates of pagan wisdom and virtue. University theologians such a s Aquinas, Scotus, Ockham, and Bradwardine, and later thinkers such as Fici no, Valla,… Read More

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Princeton Univ Pr, 2015. Hardcover. New. 368 pages. 9.30x6.00x1.00 inches.

Princeton Univ Pr, 2015. Hardcover. New. 368 pages. 9.30x6.00x1.00 inches.

Princeton University Press, 2015-03-21. hardcover. New. 6x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing