Judah Ha-Levi (ca 1075-1141): The Kuzari, also known as The Book of Argument and Proof in Defense of the Despised Faith (Kitab al
Khazari).
The entire first book of the Kuzari, a philosophical treatise written by the
Spanish Jewish philosopher and poet, Judah Ha-Levi. It is written in the form of a
dialogue, purportedly between the king of the Khazars and the representatives of various
belief systems, culminating with a rabbi.
[Tierney 43.5] Peter the Venerable: Letters to Heloise 1142, copyrighted
The Discovery of the Individual? A much discussed theory in recent years, put forward by Colin Morris in The
Discovery of the Individual, is that the "modern" idea of the individual
emerged in the twelfth century. This has not proved to be acceptable to all historians.
Nevertheless, some texts - such as those about Abelard and Heloise - have been taken to
represent something new. It is the writings of Guibert of Nogent which are, perhaps, of
most interest. For the first time since St. Augustine, we find in his Autobiography the sort of introspection which may indeed seem "modern".
[Geary 24] Guibert of Nogent (1053-1124): Memoirs, copyrighted?, but see
next item.
Guibert of Nogent (1053-1124): Autobiography, full
text, trans. C.C. Swinton Bland.
Guibert of Nogent (1053-1124): On His Childhood,
Selections from his Autobiography.
[Geary 34.3a] Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274): On the Eternity of the
World, trans. Robert T. Miller, [Diff. translation than Geary]
[Geary 34.3a] Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274): On the Eternality of the World [Summa
Contra Gentiles II: 31-38,], full text, inc. SCG II: 31-38, now available as Summa Contra Gentiles Part 1:
Of God and His Creatures. [At Maritain Center/Notre Dame].
Bonaventure
[Geary 34.1] Bonaventure (1217-1274): On the Eternality of the World [in II Sent. D.1,
a.1. q2, and other texts] copyrighted? See also
Catholic Encyclopedia: Bonaventure.
[Tierney 79.2] Bonaventure (1217-1274): The Mind's Road to God, copyrighted
Averroëists
Ibn Rushd (Averroës) (1126-1198 CE): Religion &
Philosophy, c. 1190. The text is On the Harmony of Religions and Philosophy, or
in Arabic Kitab fasl al-maqal, with its appendix (Damina). Appended is an extract
from Kitab al-kashf`an manahij al-adilla.available 7/7/98
Ibn Rushd (Averroës) was a major influence on Western thinkers.
[Geary 34.2] Siger of Brabant: On the Eternality of the World, copyrighted?
The following were off-site links to various late medieval philosophical texts
offered at a website in Australia. That website is no longer working so local copies are
now linked. [If anyone objects to this, please contact halsall@fordham.edu]
William of Ockham (1299-1350): Dialogus, Latin text
edition and English translation by John Kilcullen and John Scott.
WEB Medieval Diplomatic and the Ars
Dictandi
Editions and Translations by Steven M. Wight of treatises on privileges, charter
doctrines and model charters in artes dictandi from Italy, France and Germany
(1075-1194)
[Tierney 81.3, Geary 36] Marsiglio of Padua (d.1343): Defensor
Pacis: Conclusions, 1324; Same Text with
Introduction also available, complete, and in a different version from Tierney. [Geary
has copyrighted selections from body of the text, chaps. 3 and 13.]
Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527): The Prince, excerpts,
1513s.
Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527): The Prince, in
chapter files, full text, [At Bibliomania]
Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527): The Prince,
1513, full text in HTML.
See also Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859): Essay On
Machiavelli, 1850
NOTES: copyrighted means the text is not available for free distribution. In
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location]. No indication means that the text file is local. WEB indicates a link to one of small
number of high quality web sites which provide either more texts or an especially valuable
overview.
