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The Medieval Church · c. 1231–1236
On the Universe
William of Auvergne · c. 1180–1249
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What it is
A bishop of Paris works through the newly available Aristotelian and Arabic philosophy, accepting what he can and rejecting the eternity of the world and the single intellect.
Why it lasted
The first serious Latin engagement with Avicenna and the Muslim philosophers, setting the agenda for the rest of the century.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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