A famous text with an introduction and commentary by Brooke and Luscombe. It reveals the connection between the thought of the Medieval Schools of philosophy and that of the Greek philosophers. The new edition has been fully revised, updated and corrected.

Preface to First Edition
Preface to Second Edition
Introduction to Second Edition
I The Legacy of the Ancient World
1 Plato & Aristotle
2 The Later Platonists & Plotinus
3 St Augustine
4 Boethius & Dionysius
5 Education in the Ancient World
II Renaissance of the 11th & 12th Centuries
6 The Rebirth of the Schools
7 The Awakening of Western Europe
8 Revival of Dialectic: Berengar, Lanfranc & Anselm
9 The Question of Universals
10 Peter Abelard
11 School of Chartres & John of Salisbury
12 School of St Victor & St Bernard
III New Universities/Rediscovery of Aristotle
13 Origins of the Universities
14 Studies, Degrees & Text-books
15 Rediscovery of Aristotle
16 Arabian & Jewish Philosophy
17 Problems of the Soul & Process of Cognition
IV Achievement of the 13th Century
18 Philosophical Revolution of the 13th Century
19 The Franciscan School at Paris
20 Albert the Great
21 St Thomas Aquinas
22 Siger of Brabant & Faculty of Arts
23 England in the 13th Century
V Breakdown of Medieval Synthesis
24 The Aftermath of Aristotle
25 Henry of Ghent & Duns Scotus
26 The Breakdown of the Synthesis
27 William of Ockham
28 The Harvest of Nominalism
Epilogue
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index