Metaphysics in the Twelfth Century: On the Relationship among Philosophy, Science and Theology

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Although metaphysics as a discipline can hardly be separated from Aristotle and his works, the questions it raises were certainly known to authors even before the reception of Aristotle in the thirteenth century. Even without the explicit use of this term the twelfth century manifested a strong interest in metaphysical questions under the guise of “natural philosophy” or “divine science”, leading M.-D. Chenu to coin the expression of a twelfth century “éveil métaphysique”. In their commentaries on Boethius and under the influence of Neoplatonism, twelfth century authors not only anticipate essential elements of thirteenth century metaphysics, they also make an original contribution to the history of metaphysics by attempting to integrate the theory of first principles, philosophical theology and ontology. This volume presents and examines the contributions of the twelfth century to metaphysics made by selected Jewish, Christian and Muslim authors of the Iberian Peninsula and Francia. Front matter (“Table of contents”, “Preface”, “Vorwort”), p. i Free Access Metaphysik und Theologie. Epistemologische Probleme in den Opuscula Sacra des A.M.S. Boethius, p. 1 Matthias Lutz-Bachmann https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.3.2050 Das «Erwachen der Metaphysik». Anmerkungen zu einem Paradigma für das Verständnis des 12. Jahrhunderts, p. 17 Andreas Speer https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.3.2051 The Blend of Latin and Arabic Sources in the Metaphysics of Adelard of Bath, Hermann of Carinthia, and Gundisalvus, p. 41 Charles Burnett https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.3.2052 Zum Verhältnis von Metaphysik und Theologie bei Dominicus Gundissalinus, p. 67 Alexander Fidora https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.3.2053 Die lateinische Entdeckung der Quintessenz: Die Philosophia des Daniel von Morley, p. 85 Thomas Ricklin https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.3.2054 Zwischen Philosophie und Theologie im 12. Jahrhundert: Halevi, Ibn Daud und Maimonides, p. 113 Yossef Schwartz https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.3.2055 Die Diskussion zwischen Metaphysikern und hebräischen Theologen: Maimonides, p. 137 Josep Manuel Udina https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.3.2056 Averroes: The Platonic Rejection of Textual Conservatism, p. 151 Jack C. Marler https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.3.2057 The Discussions of the Scientific Status of Theology in the Second Half of the Twelfth Century, p. 161 Gillian R. Evans https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.3.2058 Naturphilosophische Prinzipienlehre und Theologie in der Summa ‚Quoniam homines‘ des Alain von Lille, p. 185 Andreas Niederberger https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.3.2059 Métaphysique et Théologie dans les Regulae theologiae d’Alain de Lille († 1202), p. 201 Françoise Hudry https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TEMA-EB.3.2060 Back matter (“Index”), p. 217