Elements of Philosophy in the Epistolario of Alcuin of York
Abstract
In this paper we consider the philosophical elements found in Alcuin’s epistles, centered in three points: the definition of philosophy, the concepts of essence, substance and nature, and aspects of his anthropology as the concept of the body as the animae carcer and the soul’s mutations.Downloads
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