The Popularization of Philosophy in Medieval Islam, Judaism, and Christianity

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Marieke Abram, Steven Harvey, Lukas Muehlethaler (eds). Pages: 465 p. Language(s):English, Arabic, Hebrew. Hardback. Brepols, Publication Year:2022 --SUMMARY This volume explores attempts at the popularization of philosophy and natural science in medieval Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Medieval philosophers usually wrote their philosophical books for philosophers, so the desire to convey psychological, cosmological, metaphysical, or even physical teachings to the vulgus may seem surprising. This disdain for the multitude and their weak intellectual capabilities is expressed most clearly in the medieval Islamic and Jewish Aristotelian traditions of philosophy, but is certainly found among the Scholastics as well. Yet philosophy was taught to non-philosophers and via a variety of literary genres. Indeed, scholars have argued that philosophy most influenced medieval society through popular forms of transmission. Among the questions this volume addresses are the following: Which philosophers or theologians sought to direct their philosophical writings to the many? For what purposes did they seek to popularize philosophy? Was the goal to teach philosophical truths? Were certain teachings not transmitted? Which teachings were transmitted most often? For whom exactly were these popularized texts written? Were the authors of popularized philosophy always aware they were writing for non-philosophers? How did they go about teaching philosophy to a wide audience? How successful were these attempts? In what ways did popularized philosophy impact upon society? To what extent were the considerations and problems in the medieval popularization of philosophy the same or different in the various religious traditions of philosophy? How philosophical was the popularized philosophy? In addressing these questions, this pioneering volume is the first of its kind to bring together scholars of medieval Islamic, Jewish, and Christian thought to discuss the popularization of philosophy in these three religious traditions of philosophy. TABLE OF CONTENTS General Introduction Marieke Abram and Steven Harvey PART I: INTRODUCTORY REMARKS 1. Philosophy as Literature: Appraisal, Defence, and Satire of Rational Thought in Classical Arabic Poetry and Prose Gerhard Endress 2. Broadening the Audience for Philosophy Among Medieval Jews Charles H. Manekin 3. Popularization of Philosophy in the Latin West: The Philosophical Opportunities of Popularization John Marenbon PART II: POPULARIZATION OF PHILOSOPHY VIA THE MEDIEVAL ENCYCLOPEDIAS 4. Introduction Steven Harvey 5. Anonymous Philosophical Compendia: An Attempt at Vulgarization? Elvira Wakelnig 6. Levels of Philosophical Sophistication in Medieval Hebrew Encyclopedias of Philosophy and Science Resianne Fontaine 7. The Summa dictorum: A Theological-Philosophical Encyclopedia for Monks Guy Guldentops PART III: POPULARIZATION OF PHILOSOPHY VIA BOOKS OF INSTRUCTION 8. Introduction Sarah Stroumsa 9. Between Popularity and Marginality: al-Baṭalyawsī s Book of Imaginary Circles Ayala Eliyahu 10. Ruaḥ Ḥen: An Early Popular Hebrew Introduction to Science Ofer Elior 11. Medieval Philosophy of Nature Popularised? Albert the Great s De animalibus Katja Krause PART IV: POPULARIZATION OF PHILOSOPHY VIA MYSTICAL LITERATURE 12. Introduction Yossef Schwartz 13. Popularization of Philosophy in the Sufi Milieu: The Reception of Avicenna s Doctrine of the Origination of the Human Soul in ʿAyn al-Quḍāt al-Hamadānī s Writings Salimeh Maghsoudlou 14. Myth and Metaphysics: The Popularization of Platonic and Neo-Platonic Motifs through Kabbalistic Theosophy Tanja Werthmann 15. Popularized Philosophy in Hendrik Herp s Mystical Guide, the Spieghel der volcomenheit Marieke Abram PART V: POPULARIZATION OF PHILOSOPHY VIA SCRIPTURAL EXEGESIS AND SERMONS 16. Introduction Howard Kreisel 17. The Conception of Philosophical Problems in Fakhr al-Dīn al-R&#. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ca609

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