Thinking about animals in thirteenth-century Paris: theologians on the boundary between humans and animals

William of Auvergne -- The Summa Halensis and Bonaventure -- Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas.

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Main Author: Wei, Ian P. 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY, USA Melbourne, VIC, Australia New Delhi, India Singapore Cambridge University Press [2020]
In:Year: 2020
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Guilelmus, Arvernus 1180-1249 / Alexander, von Hales 1185-1245, Summa theologica / Johannes Bonaventura, Kardinal, Heiliger 1221-1274 / Albertus, Magnus, Heiliger 1193-1280 / Thomas Aquinas 1225-1274
B Paris / Scholasticism / Human being / Animals / History 1200-1300
IxTheo Classification:NBA Dogmatics
NBC Doctrine of God
Further subjects:B Animals Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines Middle Ages, 600-1500
B Human-animal relationships Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Summary:William of Auvergne -- The Summa Halensis and Bonaventure -- Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas.
"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"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1108830153
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/9781108907552