Readings on the Condemnation of 1277
Dr. Creighton Rosental will present a lecture entitled “Medieval Aristotelianism: Condemnation and Confluence” during our class session on Thursday, April 5. A description of the lecture and speaker is found below. In preparation for his lecture, please read the following texts, which are all posted online in the form of PDF files. Print them out, follow the instructions below when reading them, and bring them with you to class.
Siger of
http://www.fordham.edu/gsas/phil/klima/Blackwell-proofs/MP_C26.pdf
You need only to read this to get the general sense: Don’t
worry if you don’t fully understand the arguments. (4 pages)
Boethius of
http://www.fordham.edu/gsas/phil/klima/Blackwell-proofs/MP_C43.pdf
Read this carefully. (5 pages)
Giles of
http://www.fordham.edu/gsas/phil/klima/Blackwell-proofs/MP_C21.pdf
Read chs. 1-3. (3 pages)
“The Condemnations of 1277”
http://www.fordham.edu/gsas/phil/klima/Blackwell-proofs/MP_C22.pdf
You aren’t required to read this carefully, but at a minimum skim it online. Note that the "A" theses are purportedly positions held by Aquinas. (10 pages)
A lecture in the SCSU Philosophy Department Colloquium Series:
“Medieval Aristotelianism: Condemnation
and Confluence”
Dr. Creighton Rosental
Thursday, April 5, 1:50 pm, EN B218; Questions and Discussion: 3:15 pm, EN D227
The return of the Aristotelian corpus to the Latin West in the 13th century resulted in a great deal of intellectual turbulence. Aristotle's logical Organon, which had not been lost to the West, was highly respected and widely studied, and many considered his newly re-found scientific and metaphysical works just as exciting. Other, more conservative, philosophers saw the study of this new Aristotelian material as a threat to important Christian doctrinal positions, for example, that the universe had a beginning, and that we each have a unique soul. This talk will examine the history of the reaction to Aristotle by Medieval philosophers and theologians, and look closely at some of the issues that caused so much trouble.
Dr. Creighton Rosental received
his Ph.D. in philosophy from the