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The comprehensive historical survey presents the evolution of dialectical thinking within the medieval philosophy and theology. In the first chapter of the book the author describes the philosophical sources of dialectical thinking in antiquity. The following four chapters are dedicated to the diverse models, methods and applications of dialectical thinking within the medieval theology and philosophy. The impressive study concludes with a description of Jacob Böhme´s dialectical world view.
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The book contains for the first time the attempt to describe and to explain the dialectical thinking within medieval theology and philosophy from a comprehensive historical point of view, including the historical sources and suppositions from antiquity and the consequences in early modern times. The historical survey is closely connected with an thorough analysis of the literary sources of thinking.
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This page is a summary of: Dialektik in der mittelalterlichen Philosophie, January 2006, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1524/9783050047072.
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