Homo, Natura, Mundus
Subtitle: human beings and their relationships : Proceedings of the XIV International Congress of the Société Internationale pour l'Étude de la Philosophie Médiévale
By: edited by Roberto Hofmeister Pich, Alfredo Carlos Storck, and Alfredo Santiago Culleton
Contributors: International Society for the Study of Medieval Philosophy
Series: Rencontres de philosophie médiévale (RPM) -- Vol. 22; Rencontres de philosophie médiévale -- 22.
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Turnhout, Belgium
Language: eng; fre; spa; por; ita; ger
Number of pages: 979
ISBN-13: 9782503592633
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Medieval Philosophy; Human beings; Nature
Description: "The present volumes contain a number of studies first presented at the XIV International Congress of the Société Internationale pour l'Étude de la Philosophie Médiévale, July 24-28, 2017, Porto Alegre, Brazil - which happened to be the first SIEPM Congress in Latin America and the first in the Southern Hemisphere. In 65 essays on current research questions in Latin, Jewish, and Arabic Philosophy, and Early Modern Scholasticism, the contributors explore the general theme of 'Homo - Natura - Mundus: Human Beings and their Relationships,' and lead us to new perspectives. These essays relate to the following areas of interest: the human being's self-understanding as a rational creature in multiple relationships (with God, the other, the community, the fellow and the different); the human being's place in the natural world and the possibility of relating to nature through knowledge; medieval philosophical traditions and the challenges introduced by the 'discovery' of the 'New World' (dominium, war, hierarchies, and new areas of concern with respect to justice, the human good, and the law). Thus, these volumes offer a unique sample of scholarly studies that work with the idea of 'relationships' in two distinct, but not opposing, directions. Firstly, they explore the ways in which human beings, according to the reach of their soul's powers, construct their self-understanding and existence in relation to God, themselves, others and the natural world. Secondly, they explore the ways in which the philosophical bases for the understanding of these relationships were challenged by the transportation of medieval ideas to the 'New World' and by the reception of these ideas in early modern times."--
Notes: "Proceedings of the XIV International Congress of the S.I.E.P.M., July 24-28, 2017, Porto Alegre, Brazil" -- Cover

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Contributions in English, German, spanish and Portuguese