History of European Philosophy in the Middle Ages

Author's name: Youssef Karam

This book addresses a significant phase in the history of philosophy: medieval European philosophy. The author begins with an introduction in which he outlines the stages through which medieval European philosophy passed, known at the time as "scholastic philosophy." The book is divided into chapters and sections that present the features that comprised this radical phase in the history of philosophy. The first chapter discusses the leading and distinctive philosophical figures of that period. The second chapter addresses the era extending from the Renaissance sparked by Charlemagne in the last quarter of the eighth century to the end of the twelfth century, and the flourishing scientific movement that characterized this era. The book then moves on to discuss the schools' separation from episcopal authority, the revolt against abstract meanings, and the tendency toward empirical reality.