Bernard of Clairvaux on the life of the mind /
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| Author / Creator: | Sommerfeldt, John R. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Newman Press, ©2004. |
| Description: | xvii, 197 pages ; 23 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10806196 |
Table of Contents:
- Table of Abbreviations
- Preface
- I.. Bernard and the Life of the Mind
- A.. The Centrality of Epistemology
- B.. Mysticism, Humanism, Scholasticism, and Common Sense
- C.. The Social and Ecclesial Context
- II.. Mysticism: The Truth as Gift
- A.. The Certainty of Faith
- B.. Charismatic Knowledge
- C.. Contemplation: The Monk's Means to the Truth
- III.. Humanism: Beauty and the Pursuit of Truth
- A.. The Learned Clergy
- B.. Friend of the Learned and Patron of Scholars
- C.. Education in the Literary Arts
- IV.. Scholasticism: The Roles of Reason
- A.. Basic Assumptions
- 1.. A Universe Ordered by Reason
- 2.. The Essential Service of the Senses
- 3.. The Function and Limits of Logic
- B.. The Range of Reason
- 1.. God: The Ultimate Reality
- 2.. The Human Condition
- 3.. Knowledge of Moral Principles
- C.. Reason and the Law
- V.. Common-sense Consideration and Counsel
- A.. Practical Consideration
- B.. The Need for Good Counsel
- VI.. The Relationship Between the Paths to Truth
- A.. An Epistemological Hierarchy?
- B.. Faith, Reason, and Opinion
- VII.. Inconsistency and Order
- A.. Shepherds and Scholars
- B.. The Dangers in Knowledge
- C.. Curiosity
- D.. Plato, Aristotle, and the "Worldly-wise" Philosophers
- VIII.. The Chimaera Revisited
- A.. The Writer
- B.. Obedient Response
- C.. Loving Concern
- IX.. The Abelard Affair
- A.. Abelard's Method
- B.. Abelard's Theology
- C.. An Afterword on Gilbert
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
