Western Views of Islam in the Middle AgesLezingen, gehouden voor de Harvard universiteit in 1961 |
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... ignorance , and ignorance may appear to be treated with too much indulgence in being accorded even what remains of this chapter . But ignorance is itself a phenomenon of great complexity . Theologians have identified twenty - four ...
... ignorance , and ignorance may appear to be treated with too much indulgence in being accorded even what remains of this chapter . But ignorance is itself a phenomenon of great complexity . Theologians have identified twenty - four ...
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... ignorance , but ignorance of a peculiarly complex kind . The men who developed this view were men writing of what they had deeply experienced , and they related their experience to the one firm foundation avail- able to them — the Bible ...
... ignorance , but ignorance of a peculiarly complex kind . The men who developed this view were men writing of what they had deeply experienced , and they related their experience to the one firm foundation avail- able to them — the Bible ...
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... ignorance by suffer- ing . But the fantasies of the early twelfth century were , as we shall see , closely related to the beginning of a new and more critical spirit of inquiry . And it is this spirit , certainly more congenial to our ...
... ignorance by suffer- ing . But the fantasies of the early twelfth century were , as we shall see , closely related to the beginning of a new and more critical spirit of inquiry . And it is this spirit , certainly more congenial to our ...
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Abbot Aeneas Silvius al-Andalus Antichrist apocalyptic Arabic argument Averroes Avicenna Baghdad Bede Bible Biblical bishop Cabanelas Carolingian chapter Chris Christ Christendom Christian contemporaries Cordova Council of Vienne Crusade debate discussion earlier early twelfth century enemies Eulogius existence of Islam faith fantasy Franciscan Gerbert Greek heresy hope Ibid ideas ignorance imagination influence intellectual Ishmael Islamic problem Jean Germain Joachim of Fiore John of Segovia Juan de Segovia King Koran later Latin letter Mahomet medieval Middle Ages Mongols Moslem Moslem philosophers Nestorians Nicholas of Cusa northern Europe Paul Alvarus period Peter the Venerable picture Pope prelates problem of Islam Prophet Ralph Glaber reason religion Ricoldo Roger Bacon Roger of Howden role Saracens scholars Spain Spanish thirteenth century tians tion tradition translation Turks unbelievers Vienne vision West Western Church western Europe Western minds William of Rubroek William of Tripoli writers wrote Wycliffe