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Medieval Philosophers Analysis

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Norberto R. Mandin III September 23, 2016
Philo 42 – A AB Philosophy – 2

Medieval Philosophers and their Contributions
• St. Augustine of Hippo Theory of Knowledge: He pursued to develop the philosophy of God because Augustine believed that only the Eternal One who could really bring the true happiness to the human person by way of seeking the knowledge of truth and not only the academically.
Moral Theory: For Augustine, Total happiness is the attainment of God. That man should act in the ethical view of God in accordance with the guidelines of freedom and Obligation. In the journey of man, he need the grace to overcome evil.
• Peter Abelard (12th Century) In his Philosophy about the Universality, for him there are really …show more content…

This Causes made him go further his studies. He emphasized that philosophy is not evil to be condemned for the reason that reasoning is of God invention. For God is actively intellectual. In addition, pagan did not invent philosophy rather it’s a revelation to the Patriarchs. Philosophy is needed together with the canon law to make an accurate interpretation of the sacred scriptures. He also promotes the following things: the practical importance of the scientific study of languages, Mathematics as a gate to other studies, optics study, experimental sciences and the moral …show more content…

Rather, he is emphasizing that divine illumination is needed. For God do cooperate with human activity even in the mind. He also asserted that the intellect knows singular things in themselves and directly and rejected the Thomist Doctrine of the intellect. Even the theory of the soul by St. Thomas, he opposed it. He said that the soul needs a stimulus from the bodily senses because through it one can learn things even its own existence.
• Peter John Olivi (13th Century) His studies added about the theory of the human soul. He asserted that human soul is constituted with the following principle or form; the vegetative, the sensitive, and the intellectual. This very thing indicates that he did not follow the Augustinian tradition and became an independent thinker.
• Roger Marston (13th Century) He supported the Augustinian theories of the soul, and his studies emphasized that the active intellect which is the soul is the primal and uncreated light.
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