Robert Kilwardby

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José Filipe Silva (Professor of Medieval Philosophy, Professor of Medieval Philosophy, University of Helsinki)

Robert Kilwardby

José Filipe Silva (Professor of Medieval Philosophy, Professor of Medieval Philosophy, University of Helsinki)

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Oxford University Press Inc
13 August 2020

Series: Great Medieval Thinkers

Archbishop of Canterbury from 1272 until his death in 1279, the Dominican friar Robert Kildwardby has long been known primarily for his participation in the Oxford Prohibitions of 1277, but his contributions spread far wider. A central figure in the Late Middle Ages, Kilwardby was one of the earliest commentators of the work of Aristotle, as well as an unwavering proponent of Augustinian thought and a believer of the plurality of forms. Although he was a prominent thinker of the time, key areas of his philosophical thought remain unexamined in contemporary scholarship. José Filipe Silva here offers the first book-length analysis of Kilwardby's full body of work, which is essential in understanding both the reception of Aristotle in the Latin West and the developments of later medieval philosophy. Beginning with his early philosophical commitments, Silva tracks Kilwardby's life and academic thought, including his theories on knowledge, moral happiness, and the nature of the soul, along with his attempts to reconcile Augustinian and Aristotelian thought. Ultimately, Robert Kilwardby offers a comprehensive overview of an unsung scholar, solidifying his philosophical legacy as one of the most influential authors of the Late Middle Ages.

By: José Filipe Silva (Professor of Medieval Philosophy Professor of Medieval Philosophy University of Helsinki)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 470g
ISBN: 9780190674755
ISBN 10: 019067475X
Series: Great Medieval Thinkers
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 13 August 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Series Foreword by Brian Davies Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction I. LIVING The Life and Works of Robert Kilwardby The Life The Works II. BEING Introduction The Metaphysics of Plurality Matter Form The Letter to Peter of Conflans Introduction Animal Generation Active Potencies The Human Soul Is the Soul (the) One? The Unity of Form(s) At Oxford in 1277 Excursus: The Human Soul in the Sentences Motion A Questionnaire Celestial Motion Time III. BEING LOGICAL Introduction Words, Thoughts and Things Interpretation The Category of Relation IV. KNOWING Introduction Perception On the Reception of Sensible Species Attention and Activity Cognition Introduction Thinking Representing and Instantiating Universality Scientific Knowledge Introduction Knowledge Demonstration Pre-existing Knowledge First Principles Principles Conditions for Predication Signs of Affections What Can Be Demonstrated? Definitions Disciplining the Disciplines Subalternation V. BEHAVING Introduction Ethics: The Science of Happiness The Good The Cause of Happiness The Virtues Voluntary Action VI. BELIEVING Introduction Theology Divine Trinity Where from? Creation as a Kind of Change Angels Creator and Creatures Which One? The Free Choice of the Will By Heaven's Grace Gratis: Sin and Evil On Sacraments Faith VII. INCARNATING Introduction I Assume I Know I Suffer Bibliography Notes Index

José Filipe Silva is Professor of Medieval Philosophy at the University of Helsinki. He is the Director of the ERC research project Rationality in Perception: Transformations of Mind and Cognition 1250-1550, and the author of Robert Kilwardby on the Human Soul: Plurality of Forms and Censorship in the Thirteenth Century.

Reviews for Robert Kilwardby

Silva's book is a very substantial introduction to Robert Kilwardby. It provides a much-needed overview of the philosophical and theological thought of this medieval thinker, and makes a very compelling case for its significance to the history of medieval thought. Based on a thorough investigation of the entire vast corpus of this thinker, Silva's presentation shows the richness, sophistication, and originality of Kilwardby's thought. Silva does indeed do full justice to the inclusion of Kilwardby among the great medieval thinkers. -- Cecilia Trifogli, Professor of Medieval Philosophy, University of Oxford Silva succeeds in covering the different areas of Kilwardby's work - logic, metaphysics, perception, ethics and theology - concisely yet thoroughly. For the first time, readers of this book will be able to grasp as whole the thought of this fascinating, and until recently neglected, contemporary of Aquinas. -- John Marenbon, Trinity College, University of Cambridge Here we have Robert Kilwardby in full: his metaphysics, psychology, logic, ethics, and theology. And because Kilwardby stands in the middle of late medieval philosophy, we get in effect a picture of that field in full, as it stands at the dawn of its greatest figures. If anyone is going to make the case for Kilwardby as a deserving member in the club of Great Medieval Thinkers, it will be Jose Filipe Silva. -- Robert Pasnau, University of Colorado Boulder