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Thinking about Animals in Thirteenth-Century Paris

by Ian P. Wei (university Of Bristol)

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

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For scholars interested in medieval theology and philosophy

Examines the human-animal boundary in theological discussions

You will gain insights into the role of animals in faith

This book explores thirteenth-century Parisian theology on humans and animals.

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Exploring what theologians at the University of Paris in the thirteenth century understood about the boundary between humans and animals, this book demonstrates the great variety of ways in which they held similarity and difference in productive tension. Analysing key theological works, Ian P. Wei presents extended close readings of William of Auvergne, the Summa Halensis, Bonaventure, Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas. These scholars found it useful to consider animals and humans together, especially with regard to animal knowledge and behaviour, when discussing issues including creation, the fall, divine providence, the heavens, angels and demons, virtues and passions. While they frequently stressed that animals had been created for use by humans, and sometimes treated them as tools employed by God to shape human behaviour, animals were also analytical tools for the theologians themselves. This study thus reveals how animals became a crucial resource for generating knowledge of God and the whole of creation.
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  • Author

    Ian P. Wei (university Of Bristol)

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    August 2020

  • Weight

    486g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9781108830157

  • ISBN-10

    1108830153

  • Eden Code

    5300229

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