Talk:Peter Lombard
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[edit] The Sentences
In addition to a number of style edits, I have made a couple of substantive revisions to the discussion of the sentences, based on Knowles' Evolution of Medieval Thought and Copleston's History of Medieval Philosophy -- my sole sources of information on this subject. According to Knowles, after 1500 Aquinas passed Lombard in the "most-commented-upon" competition. According to both, Lombard was not an original genius but rather an indefatigable collector, organizer, and evaluator of others' work.
I haven't edited the discussion of his views on charity, but my sources don't suggest that this is the most "famous and controversial" part of the Sentences. According to Knowles, it was largely ignored by later commentators. According to Copleston, one controversial aspect of the Sentences -- and the subject of an explicit criticism by Roger Bacon -- was that it gave too much prominence to speculative theology and not enough to the scripture itself. Can somebody with access to more material flesh this out or provide input?
Aldrichio 16:07, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
