Category: Medieval Philosophy
Medieval Philosophy developed between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Renaissance. It focuses on the relationship between faith and reason, theological questions, and the interpretation of classical philosophy within religious traditions. Important figures include Augustine of Hippo, Thomas Aquinas, and William of Ockham.
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The Dark Ages & Medieval Philosophy — From Rome’s Fall to Thomas Aquinas
These notes cover the 800-year period between Augustine and Thomas Aquinas: the four periods of medieval philosophy (Patristic, Dark Ages, Formative, Culmination); the fall of the Western Roman Empire and what knowledge was lost and preserved; the Church’s transformation from the episcopal to the papal system with the Petrine doctrine and the Gregory VII/Henry IV…