The Evolution of Medieval Thought

1 Plato & Aristotle 3

2 The Later Platonists & Plotinus 15

3 St Augustine 29

4 Boethius & Dionysius 46

5 Education in the Ancient World 53

PART 2 The Renaissance of the 11th & 12th Centuries

6 The Rebirth of the Schools 65

7 The Awakening of Western Europe 72

8 The Revival of Dialectic: Berengar, Lanfranc & Anselm 85

9 The Question of Universals 98

10 Peter Abelard 106

11 The School of Chartres & John of Salisbury 120

12 The School of St Victor & St Bernard 129

PART 3 The New Universities-The Rediscovery of Aristotle

13 The Origins of the Universities 139

14 Studies, Degrees & Textbooks 156

15 The Rediscovery of Aristotle 167

16 Arabian & Jewish Philosophy 175

17 The Problems of the Soul & the Process of Cognition 187

PART 4 The Achievement of the 13th Century

18 The Philosophical Revolution of the 13th Century 201

19 The Franciscan School at Paris 213

20 Albert the Great 226

21 St Thomas Aquinas 231

22 Siger of Brabant & the Faculty of Arts 244

23 England in the 13th Century 252

PART 5 The Breakdown of the Medieval Synthesis

24 The Aftermath of Aristotle 265

25 Henry of Ghent & Duns Scotus 274

26 The Breakdown of the Synthesis 283

27 William of Ockham 290

28 The Harvest of Nominalism 298

Epilogue 307

Suggestions for Further Reading 311

Index