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05049cam a22008174a 4500 001 68D036CC2B0411DEA75DDE07A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20200828010432 008 021213s2003 nyuabf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2002044821 020 $a 9781400040858 020 $a 140004085X 035 $a (OCoLC)51306061 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BUR $d BAKER $d BTCTA $d LVB $d YDXCP $d OCLCG $d IG# $d DIV $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e------ 050 00 $a CB245 $b .F73 2003 100 1 $a Freeman, Charles, $d 1947- 245 1 $a The closing of the Western mind : $b the rise of faith and the fall of reason / $c Charles Freeman. 250 $a 1st American ed. 260 $a New York : $b A.A. Knopf, $c 2003. 300 $a xxiii, 432 p., [16] p. of plates : $b ill., map ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-416) and index. 505 0 $a Thomas Aquinas and "the triumph of faith" -- The quest for certainty -- The quest for virtue -- Changing political contexts : Alexander and the coming of the Hellenistic monarchies -- Absorbing the East, Rome and the integration of Greek culture -- "All nations look to the majesty of Rome" : the Roman empire at its height -- The empire in crisis, the empire in recovery : political transformations in the third century -- Jesus -- Paul, "the founder of Christianity"? -- "A crowd that lurks in corners, shunning light" : the first Christian communities -- Constantine and the coming of the Christian state -- "But what I wish, that must be canon" : emperors and the making of Christian doctrine -- "Enriched by the gifts of matrons" : bishops and society in the fourth century -- Six emperors and a bishop : Ambrose of Milan -- Interlude : Quintus Aurelius Symmachus and the defence of paganism -- The ascetic odyssey -- Eastern Christianity and the emergence of the Byzantine Empire, 395-600 -- The emergence of Catholic Christianity in the West, 395-640 -- "We honour the privilege of silence which is without peril" : the death of the Greek empirical tradition -- Thomas Aquinas and the restoration of reason. 520 $a 520 A radical reappraisal of the impact of Constantine's adoption of Christianity in 368 AD on the later Roman world, and on Western civilization. Adopting those aspects of the religion that suited his purposes, Constantine turned Rome on a course from the relatively open, tolerant and pluralistic civilization of the Hellenistic world, towards a culture that was based on the rule of fixed authority. Only a thousand years later, with the Renaissance and the emergence of modern science, did Europe begin to free itself from the effects of Constantine's decision, yet the effects of his establishment of Christianity as a state religion remain with us, in many respects, today.--From publisher description. 650 0 $a Civilization, Western. 650 0 $a Christianity $x Influence. 650 0 $a Church and state $z Europe $x History. 650 0 $a Church history $y Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. 650 0 $a Church history $y Middle Ages, 600-1500. 650 0 $a Civilization, Western $x Classical influences. 650 0 $a Hellenism. 650 0 $a Europe $x History $y To 476. 651 0 $a Europe $x History $y 476-1492. 650 0 $a Europe $x Intellectual life. 650 6 $a Civilisation occidentale. 650 6 $a Christianisme $x Influence. 650 6 $a EÌglise et EÌtat $z Europe $x Histoire. 650 6 $a EÌglise $x Histoire $y ca 30-600 (EÌglise primitive) 650 6 $a EÌglise $x Histoire $y 600-1500 (Moyen AÌge) 650 6 $a Civilisation occidentale $x Influence ancienne. 650 6 $a HelleÌnisme. 651 6 $a Europe $x Histoire $y Jusqu'aÌ 476. 651 6 $a Europe $x Histoire $y 476-1492. 651 6 $a Europe $x Vie intellectuelle. 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random051/2002044821.html 856 41 $3 Sample text $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random045/2002044821.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0414/2002044821.html 941 $a 20 952 $l N2AX314 $d 20210728015128.0 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508012910.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190702014559.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20160202025200.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20150922022145.0 952 $l HWAX074 $d 20140415014658.0 952 $l UTAX115 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UDAX314 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l PWAX296 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l PTAX572 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l POAX626 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l OSAX771 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l OMAX631 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l OLAX314 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l O3AX572 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=68D036CC2B0411DEA75DDE07A8D7520A 994 $a 01 $b DIVInitiate Another SILO Locator Search