Neo-Aristotelianism and the Medieval Renaissance - On Aquinas, Ockham, and Eckhart

In this lecture course, Reiner Schürmann develops the idea that, in between the spiritual Carolingian Renaissance and the secular humanist Renaissance, there was a distinctive medieval Renaissance connected with the rediscovery of Aristotle. Focusing on Thomas Aquinas’s ontology and epistemology, William of Ockham’s conceptualism, and Meister Eckhart’s speculative mysticism, Schürmann shows how thought began to break free from religion and the hierarchies of the feudal, neo-Platonic order and devote its attention to otherness and singularity. A crucial supplement to Schürmann’s magnum opus Broken Hegemonies, Neo-Aristotelianism and the Medieval Renaissance will be essential reading for anyone interested in the rise and fall of Western principles, and thus in how to think and act today.

In acest curs de curs, Reiner Schürmann dezvolta ideea ca, intre Renasterea spirituala carolingiana si Renasterea umanista laica, a existat o Renastere medievala distincta legata de redescoperirea lui Aristotel. Concentrandu-se pe ontologia si epistemologia lui Thomas Aquino, conceptualismul lui William de Ockham si misticismul speculativ al lui Meister Eckhart, Schürmann arata cum gandul a inceput sa se elibereze de religie si ierarhiile ordinii feudale, neo-platonice si sa-si dedice atentia asupra alteritatii si singularitatii.