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• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Some Initial Questions
• 1.2 Defining Medieval Philosophy
• 1.3 Genres and Tips for Reading Them
• 1.4 History Matters
• 1.5 Philosophy, Religion, and Philosophy of Religion
• 1.6 Let Us Begin
• Suggestions for Further Reading
• 2 Science, Certainty, and Skepticism
• 2.1 Varieties and Uses of Skepticism
• 2.2 Certain Knowledge
• 2.3 Ghazali’s Encounter with Global Skepticism
• 2.4 Degrees of Certainty
• Study Questions
• Suggestions for Further Reading
• 3 The Building Blocks of Reality
• 3.1 Hylomorphism for Beginners
• 3.2 Universality and Individuality
• 3.3 The Plurality of Forms Debate
• 3.4 Universal Hylomorphism
• 3.5 Are Forms Extended?
• 3.6 Alternatives to Aristotelian Hylomorphism
• Study Questions
• Suggestions for Further Reading
• 4 What Are We?
• 4.1 Am I but a Soul?
• 4.2 Persistence in This Life and the Next
• 4.3 Mystical Union and the Alleged “Annihilation” of the Self
• 4.4 Individual Humans, Persons, and Moral Standing
• Study Questions
• Suggestions for Further Reading
• 5 Happiness and the Meaning of Life
• 5.1 The Greek Background: Eudaimonism and the Emphasis on Virtue
• 5.2 From Aristotelian Eudaimonia to Heavenly Bliss
• 5.3 Humility, Emptying Oneself, and Going beyond Virtue
• 5.4 Resurrection and the Afterlife: Philosophy Encounters Scripture
• Study Questions
• Suggestions for Further Reading
• 6 Love Thy Neighbor
• 6.1 Self-Love
• 6.2 Can We Love God? Can God Love Us?
• 6.3 Loving Your Neighbor and Tough Love
• 6.4 Bad Company
• 6.5 Love for All Creation
• Study Questions
• Suggestions for Further Reading
• 7 The Philosopher in Society
• 7.1 Al-Farabi on the Perfect State
• 7.2 The Critique of Democracy
• 7.3 You Can’t Handle the Truth: How the State Talks to Its Citizens
• 7.4 The Freedom to Be Wrong
• 7.5 The Philosopher as Stranger in the World
• Study Questions
• Suggestions for Further Reading
• 8 From Here, Where?
• 8.1 Why Study the History of Philosophy?
• 8.2 Why Study Medieval Philosophy?
• 8.3 What Now?
• Appendix: Timeline of People and Events
• Bibliography
• Index