num_pages: 424
description: Spanning a millennium of thought extending from Augustine to Thomas Aquinas and beyond, this volume takes its readers into one of the most exciting periods in the history of philosophy. It includes not only the thinkers of the Latin West but also the profound contributions of Islamic and Jewish philosophers such as Avicenna and Maimonides. Leading specialists examine what it was like to study philosophy in the cultures and institutions of the Middle Ages. Supplementary material includes chronological charts and biographies of the major thinkers.
language: English
title: The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Philosophy
titlecomplete: The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Philosophy (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)
genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Medieval, History, Philosophy
ratings_count: 27
publisher: Cambridge University Press