Medieval Discussions Of The Eternity Of The World (brill's Studies In Intellectual History)

I should like to study the development of medieval debates on the eternity of the world between the Carolingian period and the mid-fourteenth century, and in the process to throw some light on the nature of the philosophical conflicts of the period of high scholasticism. I have tried to suppress whatever presuppositions I may have brought to the task and allow the evidence of the texts to dictate the shape of the story. Since the words of our authors are of paramount importance in a study of this kind, I have included many extensive quotations and paraphrases in the book, and I have tried to confine my generalizations to what the texts, accessible to the reader, will support. The Legacy From Antiquity -- Eriugena And His Followers -- The Second Quarter Of The Twelfth Century -- Exotic Views -- The Early Thirteenth Century -- The Decade Of The 1250s -- The Development Of The Controversy -- The Condemnation Of 1270 And Its Aftermath -- The Climax Of The Controversy -- The Aftermath Of The Condemnation -- The Fourteenth Century : Oxford -- The Fourteenth Century : Paris. By Richard C. Dales. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [262]-280) And Indexes.