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Albert the Great, the Albert Legend, and the Legitimation of the Dominicans [PDF]
By the time of his death in 1280 Albert the Great was respected not only as a theologian and philosopher, but also as one of the greatest authorities on astrology in the West.
Scott E. Hendrix
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St. Albert the Great and Robert Grosseteste on the nature and causes of comets
Addressing a subject which has received very little attention, this article explores the interpretations of comets offered by St. Albert the Great (c. 1190–1280) and Robert Grosseteste (1168–1253).
William Crozier
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Botany as Science and Exegetical Tool in Albert the Great
In the 13th century, the availability of Aristotle’s treatises of natural philosophy encouraged forms of integration between libri naturales and sapientia biblica. Instead of diving into allegory and symbolism, several Dominican exegetes began to explore
Amalia Cerrito
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This essay examines the biblical discourse on animals in Job 38-41, as interpreted by Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas in their 13th-century biblical commentaries.
Stefano Perfetti
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General Concepts in Avicennism Philosophy and Its Impact on Medieval Philosophy [PDF]
The fundamental question in the realm of epistemology is the quality of origin and how the mind achieves general concepts. In this study, we seek to answer the question: How is it possible to know the general principles through the partial principles? In
Farah Ramin, Maryam Seyfalipoor
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Metaphysical Freedom. From Albert the Great to Berthold of Moosburg
1. When Albert the Great sets out to define “freedom” in the first book of his commentary on the De causis, he fishes in murky water by engaging with philosophical traditions that are only partly transparent to him.
Berthold of Moosburg, W. Goris
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On Some Traits in Theodore Metochites’ and Albert the Great’s Treatment of Nature (A Contribution to the Problem of Some Scholastic Elements in the Byzantine Thought) [PDF]
One of the most important notions in Theodore Metochites’ (1270-1332) anthropology was that of nature, whereas our author neglected the other, i. e., hypostatic level of reality.
Dmitry I. Makarov
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The Literal Sense of Scripture in Albert and Aquinas’s Eucharistic Theology
Both Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas place value on the literal sense of scripture. This paper compares their teaching and use of the literal sense in Eucharistic texts in regard to 1) their explicit teaching about the senses of Scripture, 2) their ...
Albert Marie Surmanski
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Mente e conoscenza di Dio in Alberto Magno
This paper deals with the discussion by Albert the Great of the possibility of a human knowledge of God. Albert’s reflection on this topics is articulated in different levels: from a first level, concerning our natural or ordinary knowledge of God, to ...
Anna Rodolfi
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This article deals with the most relevant philosophical side of Albert the Great’s analysis of alchemy, aimed at clarifying what alchemical transmutation consists in and whether this process can ultimately be accomplished by men.
Mario Loconsole
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