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  S.W. de Boer The science of the soul

  the commentary tradition on Aristotle's De anima, c. 1260 - c. 1360

  The transformation of the science of the soul between 1260 and 1360. Aristotle's highly influential work on the soul, entitled De anima, formed part of the core curriculum of medieval universities and was discussed intensively. It covers a range of topics in philosophical psychology, such as the relationship between mind and body and the nature of abstract thought. However, there is a key difference in scope between the socalled 'science of the soul', based on Aristotle, and modern philosophical...

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  Engels | 500 pagina's (PDF, 3,3 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2017

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  E. Lamberts The struggle with Leviathan

  social responses to the omnipotence of the state, 1815-1965

  A panoramic picture of international politics and the formation of the modern State. The opposition to the omnipotence of the State - as symbolised by Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan (1651) - had a significant impact on the political organisation of European society. A liberal strategy intended to provide a protective legal status for individual citizens, whereas a social strategy aimed to strengthen the social fabric to counterbalance the power of the State. Gradually both strategies became interwoven....

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  Engels | 344 pagina's (PDF, 21 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017

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  Henricus Gandavensis Syncategoremata

  Henrico de Gandavo adscripta

  The Stadsbibliotheek of Brugge houses a manuscript (ms. 510, f. 227ra-237vb) that holds a short logical text on the Syncategoremata, e.g. words that are not subjects or predicates in proposition. In this manuscript the text is ascribed to Henry of Ghent, who was a leading thinker of the second half of the thirteenth century. The highly interesting text contains some typical themes of Henry of Ghent, e.g. the distinction between esse essentiae and esse existentiae, which further supports the attribution...

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  Engels | Latijn | 160 pagina's (PDF, 2,7 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2011

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