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The Scholastic Path

Scholasticism was the method and curriculum of the medieval university, aimed at reconciling Christian theology with the philosophy of Aristotle, newly recovered through Arabic translations. Thinkers like Anselm, Abelard, Aquinas, and Scotus used rigorous logical analysis and formal disputation to address questions of God, being, knowledge, and ethics. It remains the most sustained attempt to unite faith and reason.

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Metaphysics
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The Infinite and the Finite: Complication and Explication
Nicholas of Cusa
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Logic
Concept · 5 min
The Scholastic Dialectic
Peter Abelard
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Philosophy of Religion
Concept · 4 min
Questioning as Piety
Peter Abelard
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Philosophy of Religion
Concept · 5 min
The Five Ways
Thomas Aquinas
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Epistemology
Concept · 4 min
Authority and Reason
Peter Abelard
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Ethics
Concept · 6 min
Fortune's Wheel
Boethius
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The Consolation of Philosophy
Full text · 5 chapters
The Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius
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