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Summary: Copleston, the last of the great chroniclers
Review: As with the other books in this series on Western Philosophy, Copleston provides an in-depth tour of the thoughts of the greater and lesser thinkers. Read Copleston only if you really want to explore the ideas that are presented here from Voltaire and others and their relationship to one another.
Rating:
Summary: Copleston, the last of the great chroniclers
Review: As with the other books in this series on Western Philosophy, Copleston provides an in-depth tour of the thoughts of the greater and lesser thinkers. Read Copleston only if you really want to explore the ideas that are presented here from Voltaire and others and their relationship to one another.
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Summary: History of Philosophy by Copleston
Review: This book is excellent overall. The author tackles some very
difficult philosophical issues that have been the subject
of much debate over the centuries. He explains how St.Thomas
gave philosophy its charter with important theological and
philosophical arguments. In essence, he argued that God is the
cause or reason for our existence. St. Thomas was a realist
in that he attempted to formulate his arguments through logic.The early philisophic Christians drew hostility from pagans and theoretical atheists who decried the role of God in the affairs of man/persons. The Gnosticists spoke of a duality between God and matter conceptually similar to Grecian arguments. St. Anselm sought to prove God's existence pointing to a perfection of creation through the greatness of the deity and wisdom-presumptively Divine wisdom. Copleston's work is a comprehensive rendition of philosophy
over thousands of years. He tries to cover too much.
In so doing , the author brings a certain "unity" of the
work to the complex subject of philosophy. This concept of
unity is seen in the works of St. Augustine and St. Bonaventure. St. Augustine was a great theologian and writer of foundational
Latin, literature and grammar. He developed a theory which
postulated that everything would evolve given the passage of
time in the famous "rationes seminales". The author explained
the development of the "university system" during the
Middle Ages. The university provided modern Europe with
grammar,logic,geometry, math, astronomy and other subjects
in the sciences and social sciences. Ibn Sina was a great
Moslem philosopher who lived around 1000 AD. He developed
logic, physics and higher mathematics into practical
applications. St. Bonaventure studied in a Franciscan order.
He perfected programs in philosophy and theology. In addition,
he attempted to unify the concept of man and matter. This work will benefit historians, philosophers, logicians,
theologists and a wide constituency within Academia.
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