SOURCE: Maurer, Armand A. “The State of Historical Research in Siger of Brabant.” Speculum 31, no. 1 (January 1956): 49-56.

In the following essay, Maurer provides a history of scholarly interest in Siger.

Siger of Brabant is one of the most remarkable figures rescued from oblivion by research in mediaeval philosophy during the past fifty years. In the second half of the thirteenth century he was a well-known and influential philosopher at Paris. His views on philosophical questions and on the relationship of faith to reason were an important feature of the intellectual scene. St Thomas Aquinas thought them significant enough to single them out for attack. St Bonaventure and St Albert were also concerned with his opinions, some of which contradicted the teachings of Christian faith. Others were more sympathetic to his philosophy and gave him the title “Siger the Great.” Peter Dubois, for example, took pride in having been...