Dante and Catholic philosophy in the thirteenth century
Publisher: Cathedral library Association
Published: 1897
Language: eng
Number of pages: 507
Table of contents: title: TABLE OF CONTENTS.; title: Preliminary Discourse.— Tradition of Letters in Italy, from the Latin Decadence to Dante 3; title: Introduction.— Authority of Dante in regard to Philosophy. — Design of the Proposed Work 47; title: PART I.; title: Chapter I. — Religious, Political, and Intellectual Situation of Christendom from the Thirteenth to the Fourteenth Century; Causes Favoring the Development of Philosophy 63; title: Chapter II. — Scholastic Philosophy in the Thirteenth Century 76; title: Chapter III. — Special Characteristics of Italian Philosophy. 96; title: Chapter IV. — Life, Studies, and Genius of Dante. General Design of the Divine Comedy. Place Occupied in it by the Philosophical Element 104; title: PART II.; title: Exposition of Dante s Philosophical Doctrines.; title: Chapter I. — Prolegomena 133; title: Chapter II.— Evil 145; title: Chapter III.— Evil and Good, in Conjunction and in Conflict 175; title: Chapter IV.— Good 222; title: PART III.; title: Chapter I. — Dante's Philosophy Considered. — Analogies with Oriental Doctrines 270; title: Chapter II. — Relations of Dante's Philosophy to the Schools of Antiquity. Plato and Aristotle.— idealism and Sensism 280; title: Chapter III. — Relations of Dante's Philosophy with the Schools of the Middle Ages. — St. Bonaventura and St. Thomas Aquinas. Mysticism and Dogmatism 302; title: Chapter IV. — Analogy between the Philosophy of Dante and Modern Philosophy. — Empiricism and Rationalism. 327; title: Chapter V.— The Orthodoxy of Dante 343; title: PART IV.; title: Inquiries and Documents in Aid of the History of Dante and of Contemporary Philosophy.; title: I. Dante's Political Life.— Was he a Guef for a Ghibelline? 361; title: II. Beatrice. — Influence of Women in Christian Society, and of Catholic Symbolism in the Arts. — The Three Blessed Women, Beatrice, St. Lucy, and the Blessed Virgin Mary  383; title: III. Dante's First Studies in Philosophy.— Extracts from the Convito. — Conjectures in Regard to the Period of Dante's Journey to Paris.— Researches ol M. Victor le Clerc Concerning Siger de Brabant. — Conclusions, in Aid of the Interpretation of the Poem 423; title: DOCUMENTS; title: In Elucidation of the History of Philosophy in the Thirteenth Century.; title: I. Bull of Innocent IV. For the Revival of Philosophical Studies 443; title: II. General Classification of Human Knowledge. Treatise by St Bonaventura 445; title: III. God: an Extract from St Bonaventura 455; title: IV. Man : Extracts from St Bonaventura 460; title: V. Society : Philosophy of the Law ; Politics : Extracts from St Thomas Aquinas. 471; title: VI. Nature : Extracts from Albert the Great, and from Roger Bacon 493; title: Appendix. Nos. I., II., and III. 503, 504, 506