Aristotle's Children
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Aristotle's Children   -     By: Richard E. Rubenstein

Aristotle's Children

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"Rubenstein resurrects the complex personalities who first delved into the treasure-trove of manuscripts made available in the late 15th century. He also chronicles the daring work that reshaped Aristotelian philosophy into a cogent Catholic synthesis of metaphysics, morality, and science,"---Booklist. 384 pages, softcover. Harcourt Brace.

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Title: Aristotle's Children
By: Richard E. Rubenstein
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 384
Vendor: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Dimensions: 8.0 X 5.31 (inches)
Weight: 12 ounces
ISBN: 0156030098
ISBN-13: 9780156030090
Stock No: WW030098

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Europe was in the long slumber of the Middle Ages, the Roman Empire was in tatters, and the Greek language was all but forgotten, until a group of twelfth-century scholars rediscovered and translated the works of Aristotle. His ideas spread like wildfire across Europe, offering the scientific view that the natural world, including the soul of man, was a proper subject of study. The rediscovery of these ancient ideas sparked riots and heresy trials, caused major upheavals in the Catholic Church, and also set the stage for today's rift between reason and religion.

In Aristotle's Children, Richard Rubenstein transports us back in history, rendering the controversies of the Middle Ages lively and accessible-and allowing us to understand the philosophical ideas that are fundamental to modern thought.


Author Bio

RICHARD E. RUBENSTEIN is professor of conflict resolution and public affairs at George Mason University and an expert on religious conflict. A graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School, he was a Rhodes Scholar and studied at Oxford University. He lives in Fairfax, Virginia.

Editorial Reviews

PRAISE FOR WHEN JESUS BECAME GOD
"A splendidly dramatic story . . . Rubenstein has turned one of the great fights of history into an engrossing story." - - Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography

"A flesh-and-blood encounter of real people that reads like an
adventure story."-The Christian Science Monitor


"[An] accomplished, entertaining history of ideas."
-- Alibi

"Anyone who wants to understand where we are going in the great political struggles over religion, read this amazing story."
-- author of Holy War: Holy Peace: How Religion Can Bring Peace to the Middle East

"Christianity's 'rediscovery' of Aristotle through Muslim Spain...challenges generations today to reclaim the interrelatedness of reason, science and religion."
-- author of What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam

"With a lively, engaging style, ARISTOTLE'S CHILDREN is a remarkable book that illuminates the long-standing relations between faith and reason."
-- Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Indiana University

"Relevant and captivating."
-- Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame

"An intellectual thriller. The real-life adventure of how the great thinker was found again… told with zest and excitement."
-- Pulitzer Prize-winning author of God: A Biography

"A compelling account of how the rediscovery of Aristotle changed the way the Western world looked at humans, God, nature."
-- School Library Journal

"Stimulating and thought-provoking reading, overturning caricatures of scholastic philosophy while suggesting how its insights can be applied to the present."
-- The Christian Century

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