Work in Ancient and Medieval Thought : : Ancient Philosophers, Medieval Monks and Theologians and Their Concept of Work, Occupations and Technology.

• Superior document: Dutch Monographs on Ancient History and Archaeology
• Author: van de Hoven, B.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 1996.; ©1996.
• Year of Publication: 1996
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Dutch Monographs on Ancient History and Archaeology
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (305 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- WORK IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL THOUGHT -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- I. The ideology of labour under the Principate -- The Stoa: their general doctrine -- Stoics on labour: the sources -- The Stoic conception of ponos -- Some introductory remarks -- Stoics and ponos -- Agriculture -- Banausic arts -- Trade -- II. Technical arts in ancient classifications of knowledge -- Introduction -- The terminology: artes mechanicae, mēchanē, mēchanikē technē -- Mentality and the technical arts -- Technical arts as banausic or illiberal arts -- Technical arts as liberal or semi-liberal arts -- Technical arts as productive arts -- Technical arts as a branch of mathematics -- III. Work and the monastic world -- Introduction -- Eastern monasticism -- The anchorites -- Pachomius -- Western monasticism -- Emergence and early development -- Work in pre-Benedictine monasticism -- Jerome -- Basil -- Augustine -- Cassian -- Work in some early monastic rules -- The Rule of Benedict and the work ethic in Wes tern monasticism -- IV. The mechanical arts in medieval classifications of knowledge -- Some general remarks about medieval classifications of knowledge and the mechanical arts -- Hugh of St. Victor and the artes mechanicae -- Some classifications of knowledge dating from the late twelfth and thirteenth centuries -- Dominic Gundisalvo -- Vincent of Beauvais -- Robert Kilwardby -- V. Ad status sermons and the recognition of work and occupations in the thirteenth century -- Changes in sermons and confessions during the thirteenth century -- Sermones ad status: the genre -- Sermones ad status: an analysis -- Hierarchical thinking: tradition or innovation? -- Material and Immaterial -- The good worker and the bad -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.