The works of Patriarch and Cardinal Joseph in 15 volumes. Vol. XV. An outline of the history of medieval (scholastic) philosophy: Rome, 1991, Universitas Catholica Ucrainorum S. Clementis Papae, 181 p.

In this work, written in the 1940s and reproduced from memory in 1974, Josyf Slipyj provides a general overview of medieval philosophy. The author does not delve into details, but seeks to outline the main contexts—historical, cultural-social, and geographical. The book is thesis-based and offers the reader a comprehensive view of the development of philosophical thought within the Christian, Arab, Jewish, and Byzantine-Ukrainian traditions.

Oleksandr Lukovyna

Сontents

From the publisher

Foreword

Part One. Patristic philosophy

I. The end of ancient philosophy and the origin of Christianity

II. The beginnings of patristic philosophy

III. The main representatives of Eastern patristic philosophy

IV. John of Damascus – the greatest systematist of Eastern patristic philosophy and theology

V. Western – Latin philosophers from the pre-Scholastic era and St Augustine

VI. Boethius and the state of the science of philosophy in schools in the West in the 8th and 9th centuries

Part Two. The beginning of scholasticism

I. The concept of scholastic philosophy and theology and a view of its historical course

II. A corrected view of scholasticism

III. Sources and literature

IV. The first philosophical works of the Scholastics

Part Three. Arabic philosophy

I. The emergence of Arabic philosophy, in particular in the East

II. Development of Arabic philosophy in the West

III. Mutakallimūns' philosophical view of the world

IV. Arab mystics

Part Four. Jewish philosophy

I. The Kabbalistic trend

II. Avencebrol

III. Maimonides

Part Five. The golden age of scholasticism

I. Harbingers of the Golden Age – Peter Lombard and the Victorian School

II. St Albert the Great (1193-1280) – the first representative of the Golden Age

III. St Thomas Aquinas and his youthful age

IV. The University of Paris

V. Contemporary trends in philosophy and theology

VI. Thomas in Italy

VII. Second life at the University of Paris (1269-1272)

VIII. Thomas's last days in Italy

IX. Summa Theologiae and its influence on theology

X. A look at Thomas's work

XI. Bonaventure (1221-1274)

XII. Henry of Ghent (1217-1293)

XIII. John Duns Scotus (1266-1308)

XIV. The natural sciences

Part Six. The Stagnation of Scholasticism in the XIV and XV c.

I. Scholastic philosophers and theologians after the Golden Age

II. Nominalism of William of Ockham and his followers

III. German mysticism and Meister Eckhart

Part Seven. Scholasticism in Byzantium and Ukraine

I. The first information about the science of philosophy in Ukraine

II. Negative views on Ukrainian scholasticism

III. Rehabilitation of Scholasticism in Byzantium and Ukraine

Part Eight. The Transitional Era from Scholasticism to Modern Philosophy

I. The state of scholastic philosophy in the XV and XVI centuries

II. Restoration of philosophy by humanists

III. Peculiar views of some authors in their philosophical works

IV. Creative researchers of nature

Part Nine. The revival of scholasticism

I. The first Dominican renewers of scholasticism in Spain and Portugal

II. The scholastic school of Jesuits and Scotists

Part Ten. A general overview

I. Scholasticism in the West

II. Byzantine and Ukrainian scholasticism

Appendices

1. Review of the book by Étienne Gilson

2. Extracts from Prof. M. Marchenko's work «Ukrainian Historiography»