A Hidden Wisdom: Medieval Contemplatives on Self-Knowledge, Reason, Love, Persons, and Immortality

by Christina Van Dyke

Medieval philosophy is primarily associated today with university-based disputations and the authorities cited in those disputations. In their own time, however, scholastic debates were recognized as just one part of wide-ranging philosophical and theological discussions. A Hidden Wisdom breaks new ground by drawing attention to another crucial component of these conversations: the Christian contemplative tradition.

The period from 1200 to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198861680
• ISBN13: 9780198861683
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.2"