Haren. Medieval Thought - The Western Intellectual Tradition from Antiquity to the 13th Century. Kirshner and Morrison, eds. Medieval Europe

Abstract

Since it does not deal primarily or directly with theology, literature, law, and other intellectual endeavors, Michael Haren's book might more precisely have been titled, "Medieval Speculative Thought." Yet whatever the inadequacy of the title's main clause, its subordinate clause is right on target: the book is indeed an examination of "the western intellectual tradition from antiquity to the 13th century," and therein lie both its strength and weakness.