The legend of the Middle Ages : philosophical explorations of medieval Christianity, Judaism, and Islam / Rémi Brague ; translated by Lydia G. Cochrane.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-278) and index.
Contents:
The lessons of the Middle Ages -- The meaning and value of philosophy in the three medieval cultures -- Just how is Islamic philosophy Islamic? -- Is physics interesting? Some responses from Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages -- The flesh: a medieval model of subjectivity -- The denial of humanity: on the judgment "those people are not men" in some ancient and medieval texts -- Three Muslim views of the Christian city -- The jihād of the philosophers -- Inclusion and digestion: two models of cultural appropriation, in response to a question of Hans-Georg Gadamer (Tübingen, September 3, 1996) -- The interpreter: reflections on Arabic translations -- The entry of Aristotle in Europe: the Arab intermediary -- The extra-European sources of philosophic Europe -- Some Mediterranean myths -- Was there any dialogue between religions in the Middle Ages? -- Geocentrism as the humiliation of man -- Was Averroes a "good guy"?
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