Medievalists.net » Medieval Metaphysics http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Why Study J.R.R. Tolkien? http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/13/why-study-j-r-r-tolkien/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/13/why-study-j-r-r-tolkien/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:55:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37991 In order to write a fantasy novel you have to commit to metaphysics - you have to create a world, that world has to have a certain consistency, it has to have ontology, what is being in that world, what is it ethics in that world - and Tolkien is particular interested in these metaphysical questions.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/13/why-study-j-r-r-tolkien/feed/ 0 Exploring the Connections between Metaphysics and Political Thought in the Age of Wyclif and Gerson http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/22/exploring-the-connections-between-metaphysics-and-political-thought-in-the-age-of-wyclif-and-gerson/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/22/exploring-the-connections-between-metaphysics-and-political-thought-in-the-age-of-wyclif-and-gerson/#comments Fri, 23 Nov 2012 02:24:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37400 Russell focuses on how important late medieval thinkers such as John Wyclif (c. 1320 – 1384) and Jean Gerson (1363–1429) understood metaphysics and how this had an instrumental effect on their political thought.

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