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De La Salle University - Dasmariņas
College of Liberal Arts
Dasmariņas, Cavite
Syllabus
School Year 1999-2000
Subject Code: PHLO107
Subject Title: Medieval Philosophy
Course Description:
The "middle ages" of western European history is thought to cover a period of roughly a thousand years starting with the disintegration of the Western Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th centuries A.D. and ending with the Renaissance and Reformation in the 15th and 16th centuries. In this course we will survey some of the prominent themes and figures of medieval philosophy, beginning with the early Church Fathers and ending with the Philosophy of William Ockham at the dawn of the Renaissance period. In the process we hope to be attentive to the influence of ancient ideas on medieval thought and concomitantly, the impact of medieval thought on modern and contemporary philosophy.
Prerequisite: Ancient Philosophy
Credit Unit: Three (3) units
Objectives:
Cognitive:
To explain the historical and philosophical formation of ideas beginning with the eraly Church Fathers and ending with the philosophy of william Ockham.
Affective:
To appreciate the foundations of moral theology, moral philosophy and other specializations in philosophy of religion.
Cognitive:
To contribute to a new way of philosophizing in the next millennium.
Course Outline:
| Topic | Time Frame | Activities |
1. Introduction 2. Justin Martyr 3. Clement of Alexandria 4. Origen 5. St. Augustine of Hippo
6. Boethius 7. John Scotus Eriugena 8. St. Anselm of Canterbury Preliminary Examinations 9. Peter Abelard 10. St. Bernard of Clairvaux 11. Meister Eckhart 12. Avicenna 13. Algazali 14. Averroes 15. Saadia 16. Maimonides 17. Preliminaries of St. Thomas 18. Aquinas on Faith and Reason 19. Aquinas' arguments for the
Midterm Examinations 20. St. Thomas Aquinas
21. Roger Bacon 22. John Duns Scotus 23. William of Ockham 24. Synthesis Final Examinations |
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Primary Sources:
Allen, Diogenes: Philosophy for Understanding Theology
Jordon, James: Western Philosophy: From Antiquity to the Middle Ages
Secondary Sources:
Costain, Thomas: The Black Rose
Edwards, Rem B.: Reason and Religion
Fremantle, Anne: The Age of Belief: Medieval Philosophy
Grenler, Henri: Thomistic Philosophy
Gilson, E.: A History of Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages
Reason and Revelation in the Middle Ages
The Spirit of Mediaval Philosophy
Jones, W.T.: A History of Western Philosophy
Shapiro, Herman: Medieval Philosophy: Selected Readings
Taylor Henry: The Medieval Mind