Thinking about Animals in Thirteenth-Century Paris by Ian P. Wei - 9781108830157

Thinking about Animals in Thirteenth-Century ParisTheologians on the Boundary Between Humans and Animals\nAuthor(s): Ian P. Wei\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108830157, 978-1108830157\nSynopsis\nExploring what theologians at the University of Paris in the thirteenth century understood about the boundary between humans and animals, this book demonstrates the great variety of ways in which they held similarity and difference in productive tension. Analysing key theological works, Ian P. Wei presents extended close readings of William of Auvergne, the Summa Halensis, Bonaventure, Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas. These scholars found it useful to consider animals and humans together, especially with regard to animal knowledge and behaviour, when discussing issues including creation, the fall, divine providence, the heavens, angels and demons, virtues and passions. While they frequently stres.