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Reason & faith, philosophy in the Middle Ages, Professor Thomas Williams

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Reason & faith, philosophy in the Middle Ages, Professor Thomas Williams
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Reason & faith
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958938898
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Professor Thomas Williams
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Great courses
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philosophy in the Middle Ages
Table Of Contents
Faith seeking understanding -- Augustine's Platonic background -- Augustine on authority, reason, and truth -- Augustine on the origin of evil -- Boethius's The consolation of philosophy -- Boethius on foreknowledge and freedom -- Anselm and the 11th-century context -- Anselm's proof that God exists -- Anselm on the divine attributes -- Anselm on freedom and the fall -- Abelard on understanding the Trinity -- Abelard on understanding redemption -- The rediscovery of Aristotle -- Bonaventure on the mind's journey into God -- Aquinas on what reason can and cannot do -- Aquinas's proof of an unmoved mover -- Aquinas on how to talk about God -- Aquinas on human nature -- Aquinas on natural and supernatural virtues -- Scotus on God's freedom and ours -- Scotus on saying exactly what God is -- What Ockham's razor leaves behind -- Ockham on the prospects for knowing God -- The 14th century and beyond
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