John Buridan Portrait of a Fourteenth-Century Arts Master [Paperback]

“John Buridan: Portrait of a Fourteenth-Century Arts Masteris a solid piece of work in the history of philosophy. It contains original and fruitful ideas and a synoptic overview that is both illuminating and enlightening. Zupko’s work is an admirable accomplishment.” —Peter King, Ohio State University

 

“Zupko’sJohn Buridanis a significant book. For the first time, readers get a readable and coherent overall picture of this towering medieval thinker. The book will enlighten not only newcomers to medieval philosophy but the seasoned specialist as well.” —Paul Vincent Spade, Indiana University

 

John Buridan (ca. 1300–1361) was the most famous philosophy teacher of his time, and probably the most influential. In this important new book, Jack Zupko offers the first systematic exposition of Buridan’s thought to appear in any language. Zupko uses Buridan’s own conception of the order and practice of philosophy to depict the most salient features of his thought, beginning with his views on the nature of language and logic and then illustrating their application to a series of topics in metaphysics, natural philosophy, and ethics.

"Zupko'sJohn Buridan… is the first full-length synthetic work on Buridan to appear in English. This book is not only a thorough exposition of Buridan's logic and a select number of related topics, but it also provides an excellent introduction to medieval philosophy as understood by one of its most accomplished late-medieval practitioners."—Speculum

"Jack Zupko's excellent book offers the coherent overall picture of John Buridan's thoughts that the subject has been waiting for. ...I admire Jack Zupko's achievement. This book is an excellent piece of work, which will help to rescue the legacy of John Buridan from neglect.&l³$