Studying the effect of historical Greek philosophy, in addition to of the Arabian and Hebrew students who transmitted it, The A to Z of Medieval Philosophy and Theology provides the philosophy of the Christian West from the ninth to the early seventeenth century. this is often entire via a chronology, an creation, appendixes, a bibliography, and enormous quantities of cross-referenced dictionary entries at the philosophers, recommendations, matters, associations, and occasions, making this a massive reference for the research of the development of human proposal.
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