The Main Doctrinal Currents in the Middle Ages

This course will study: the transformations of the ancient heritage (Saint Augustine, the pseudo-Dionysius, Boethius); the leading thinkers and schools of the XI^th and XII^th centuries; the translations of Aristotelian, Arab and Jewish works; the high points of Scholasticism in the XIII^th century (Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus); and Ockham’s nominalism, in the XIV^th century.