God and Reason in the Middle Ages (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521003377)

The Age of Reason associated with the names of Descartes, Newton, Hobbes, and the French philosophers, actually began in the universities that first emerged in the late Middle Ages (1100 to 1600) when the first large scale institutionalization of reason in the history of civilization occurred. This study shows how reason was used in the university subjects of logic, natural philosophy, and theology, and to a much lesser extent in medicine and law. The final chapter describes how the Middle Ages acquired an undeserved reputation as an age of superstition, barbarism, and unreason.

Author: Edward Grant, Grant Edward
ISBN-10: 0521003377
ISBN-13: 9780521003377
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/30/2001
Pages: 408
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.22w x 1.02d