Angels in Medieval Philosophical Inquiry. Their Function and Significance

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
List of Contributors......Page 10
List of Tables......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 14
Introduction: The Role of Angels in Medieval Philosophical Inquiry......Page 16
Part I: Angels as Exemplars of World Order......Page 28
1 The Hierarchies in the Writings of Alan of Lille, William of Auvergne and St Bonaventure......Page 30
2 Deplatonising the Celestial Hierarchy: Peter John Olivi’s Interpretation of the Pseudo-Dionysius......Page 44
3 Angelic Individuality and the Possibility of a Better World: Durandus of St Pourçain’s Criticism of Thomas Aquinas......Page 60
Part II: Angelic Location......Page 76
4 Abelard on Angels......Page 78
5 The Condemnations of 1277 and Henry of Ghent on Angelic Location......Page 88
6 Angels, Space and Place: The Location of Separate Substances according to John Duns Scotus......Page 104
7 Late Medieval Debates on the Location of Angels after the Condemnation of 1277......Page 128
Part III: Angelic Cognition and Language......Page 144
8 The Language of Angels: On the Subjectivity and Intersubjectivity of Pure Spirits......Page 146
9 Thought Experiments: The Methodological Function of Angels in Late Medieval Epistemology......Page 158
10 Why Can’t Angels Think Properly? Ockham against Chatton and Aquinas......Page 170
Part IV: Demonology......Page 184
11 Demons as Psychological Abstractions......Page 186
Part V: Angels in the Renaissance and the Early Modern Period......Page 200
12 Medieval, Renaissance, and Reformation Angels: A Comparison......Page 202
13 On Angelic Bodies: Some Philosophical Discussions in the Seventeenth Century......Page 216
Bibliography......Page 230
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