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There are 14 critical essays on Albertus Magnus.
Critical Essays on Albertus Magnus

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Critical Essay by Simon Tugwell
15,929 words, approx. 53 pages
 In the following excerpt, Tugwell investigates Albert's theological writings on epistemology, especially those that concern human knowledge of God.
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Critical Essay by Stanley B. Cunningham
14,832 words, approx. 49 pages
 In the following essay, Cunningham examines Albert's treatise on ethics, Do bono, arguing that the work displays an innovative concern with "the purely natural and human elements of morality."
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Critical Essay by Thomas M. Schwertner
13,712 words, approx. 46 pages
 In the following excerpt, Schwertner describes the breadth and depth of Albert's erudition both as a scientist and a theologian.
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Critical Essay by Léonard Ducharme
11,198 words, approx. 37 pages
 In the following essay, Ducharme analyzes Albert's "ambiguous and puzzling" metaphysics of individual being and dicusses in detail his borrowings from Christian faith, Aristotle, the Doctors of the Church, and Neoplatonism..
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Critical Essay by Stanley B. Cunningham
10,063 words, approx. 34 pages
 In the following essay, Cunningham maintains that Albert's writings in his De bono constitute a significant development in the Medieval conception of natural law.
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Critical Essay by Lynn Thorndike
10,057 words, approx. 34 pages
 In the following excerpt, Thorndike examines Albert's representative thoughts on magic and natural science, his influence on his students, and his reputation among various critics and biographers.
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Critical Essay by S. M. Albert
9,633 words, approx. 32 pages
 In the following essay, Albert discusses the accomplishments of Albert the Great as a scientist, philosopher, and theologian, stressing "the universality of his genius" and his vocation as a teacher.
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Critical Essay by Dorothy Wyckoff
9,531 words, approx. 32 pages
 In the following excerpt, Wyckoff presents an overview of Albert's life and discusses the nature of his scientific writings, specifically of his Book of Minerals.
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Critical Essay by Nicholas H. Steneck
8,897 words, approx. 30 pages
 In the following essay, Steneck explores Albert's theory of sense perception, arguing that it typifies the general level of scientific understanding in the field at the time.
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Critical Essay by Pearl Kibre
5,049 words, approx. 17 pages
 In the following essay, Kibre focuses on Albert's association with the Medieval science of alchemy and on several apocryphal alchemical texts sometimes attributed to him.
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Critical Essay by James R. Shaw
4,523 words, approx. 15 pages
 In the following excerpt, Shaw argues that Albert's works were among the first to emphasize experimentation in the biological sciences.
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Critical Essay by Joachim Sighart
3,382 words, approx. 11 pages
 In the following excerpt, Sighart surveys the writings Albert produced while he resided and taught in Paris and Cologne.
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Critical Essay by Katharine Park
2,264 words, approx. 8 pages
 In the following excerpt, Park discusses Albert's theory of the soul and its importance to Medieval psychological theory, including that of his student Thomas Aquinas.
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Critical Essay by Thomas Greenwood
1,954 words, approx. 7 pages
 In the following essay, Greenwood comments on Albert's scientific writings "as they represent the state of scientific knowledge in the Middle Ages."

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