Search for dissertations about: "Medieval Philosophy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words Medieval Philosophy.

2. 1. Varieties of Necessity in John Buridan : Logic and Natural Philosophy in the Late Middle Ages

   Author : Guido Alt; Henrik Lagerlund; Jack Zupko; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of Philosophy; John Buridan; Medieval Philosophy; Medieval Logic; Natural Philosophy; Nominalism; Modality; Natural Necessity; History of Logic; Philosophy in the Fourteenth Century; Philosophy; filosofi;

   Abstract : This dissertation is a study of John Buridan's (c.1300-c.1361) conception of modalities. Modal concepts - concepts of necessity, possibility, impossibility, and contingency - describe the ways in which things could and could not be otherwise. READ MORE

4. 2. The Structure of the Virtues : A Study of Thomas Aquinas’s and Godfrey of Fontaines's Accounts of Moral Goodness

   Author : Alexander Stöpfgeshoff; Tomas Ekenberg; Frans Svensson; Bonnie Kent; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Thomas Aquinas; Godfrey of Fontaines; virtue; character virtue; prudence; moral goodness; medieval philosophy; medieval ethics; connection of the virtues; unity; dependence; gender; particularism; Summa Theologiae; Aristotle; Philosophy; with specialization in history of philosophy; Filosofi med filosofihistorisk inriktning;

   Abstract : This dissertation is a study of Thomas Aquinas’s (1225–1274) and Godfrey of Fontaines’s (d. 1306) moral philosophies. In this study, I conduct a detailed analysis of two Aristotelian commitments concerning the character virtues, namely, The Plurality of the Character Virtues and The Connection of the Character Virtues. READ MORE

5. 3. Prayer in Peasant Communities : Ideals and Practices of Prayer in the Late Medieval Ecclesiastical Province of Uppsala, Sweden

   Author : Viktor Aldrin; Bertil Nilsson; Martin Berntson; Brian Patrick McGuire; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; prayer; devotion; peasantry; medieval; Middle Ages; laity; Practical Theology; Church History; theology; Sweden; Finland; prayer; devotion; peasantry; medieval; Middle Ages; laity; Practical Theology; Church History; theology; Sweden; Finland;

   Abstract : The aim of this study has been to identify, explain and delineate praying among peasant communities in the ecclesiastical province of Uppsala, Sweden. Four aspects have been examined through the perspectives of ideals and practices, namely the standards of prayer, devotional prayer, prayer in times of need and prayer cultures. READ MORE

6. 4. The myth of Manasā : a study in the popular Hinduism of medieval Bengal

   Author : William L. Smith; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

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7. 5. Total St Gall : Medieval Monastery as a Disciplinary Institution

   Author : Wojtek Jezierski; Olle Ferm; Gabriela Bjarne Larsson; Hans Jacob Orning; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ‘total institution’; Casus sancti Galli; St Gall; Ekkehard IV; Erving Goffman; Michel Foucault; power relations; stigma; subjectivity; Benedictine monasticism; early Middle Ages; Asylums; monastery; Church history; Kyrkohistoria; Sociology; Sociologi; historia; History;

   Abstract : How much was a medieval monastery reminiscent of a modern prison? Or insane asylum? And if it was in the least - what can such a metaphor tell us about power relations structuring the life of medieval monks?The purpose of this compilation thesis (sammanläggningsavhandling) is to render explicit and analyze relations of power and modes of control comprising the social tissue of early medieval Benedictine monasteries. By bringing up the examples of tenth- and eleventh-century monasteries of St Gall, Fulda, and Bury St Edmunds, this thesis seeks to understand what power was in medieval monasteries, how and between whom it was exercised, what and how it affected in terms of collective and individual identity. READ MORE