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PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100156030098

ISBN-139780156030090

eBay Product ID (ePID)30505897

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Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameAristotle's Children

Publication Year2004

SubjectHistory & Surveys / General, General, Religion & Science

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Subject AreaReligion, Philosophy, Référence

AuthorRichard E. Rubenstein

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight11.3 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.3 in

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ReviewsPRAISE FOR ARISTOTLE'S CHILDREN "A superb storyteller who breathes new life into such fascinating figures as Peter Abelard, Albertus Magnus, St. Thomas Aquinas, Roger Bacon, William of Ockham and Aristotle himself." -Los Angeles Times, Christianity's 'rediscovery' of Aristotle through Muslim Spain...challenges generations today to reclaim the interrelatedness of reason, science and religion., With a lively, engaging style, ARISTOTLE'S CHILDREN is a remarkable book that illuminates the long-standing relations between faith and reason., An intellectual thriller. The real-life adventure of how the great thinker was found again... told with zest and excitement., An intellectual thriller. The real-life adventure of how the great thinker was found againâ€¦ told with zest and excitement., PRAISE FOR WHEN JESUS BECAME GOD "A splendidly dramatic story . . . Rubenstein has turned one of the great fights of history into an engrossing story." - - Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography "A flesh-and-blood encounter of real people that reads like an adventure story."-The Christian Science Monitor, PRAISE FOR WHEN JESUS BECAME GOD "A splendidly dramatic story . . . Rubenstein has turned one of the great fights of history into an engrossing story." - - Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography "A flesh-and-blood encounter of real people that reads like an adventure story."-The Christian Science Monitor --, Anyone who wants to understand where we are going in the great political struggles over religion, read this amazing story., Stimulating and thought-provoking reading, overturning caricatures of scholastic philosophy while suggesting how its insights can be applied to the present., A compelling account of how the rediscovery of Aristotle changed the way the Western world looked at humans, God, nature., Christianity''s ''rediscovery'' of Aristotle through Muslim Spain...challenges generations today to reclaim the interrelatedness of reason, science and religion., With a lively, engaging style, ARISTOTLE''S CHILDREN is a remarkable book that illuminates the long-standing relations between faith and reason.

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Table Of ContentPREFACE PROLOGUE: The Medieval Star-Gate ONE: "The Master of Those Who Know": ARISTOTLE REDISCOVERED TWO: The Murder of "Lady Philosophy": HOW THE ANCIENT WISDOM WAS LOST, AND HOW IT WAS FOUND AGAIN THREE: "His Books Have Wings": PETER ABELARD AND THE REVIVAL OF REASON FOUR: "He Who Strikes You Dead Will Earn a Blessing": ARISTOTLE AMONG THE HERETICS FIVE: "Hark, Hark, the Dogs Do Bark": ARISTOTLE AND THE TEACHING FRIARS SIX: "This Man Understands": THE GREAT DEBATE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PARIS SEVEN: "Ockham's Razor": THE DIVORCE OF FAITH AND REASON EIGHT: "God Does Not Have to Move These Circles Anymore": ARISTOTLE AND THE MODERN WORLD NOTES SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INDEX

SynopsisEurope was in the long slumber of the Middle Ages, the Roman Empire was in tatters, and the Greek language was all but forgotten, until a group of twelfth-century scholars rediscovered and translated the works of Aristotle. His ideas spread like wildfire across Europe, offering the scientific view that the natural world, including the soul of man, was a proper subject of study. The rediscovery of these ancient ideas sparked riots and heresy trials, caused major upheavals in the Catholic Church, and also set the stage for today's rift between reason and religion. In Aristotle's Children, Richard Rubenstein transports us back in history, rendering the controversies of the Middle Ages lively and accessible-and allowing us to understand the philosophical ideas that are fundamental to modern thought.