his201 - lect 1 - wk 10

How contrasting reasons between faith and reason in the 12th century scholasticism.

Essentially understanding the natural world and the political realm is based on these ideals of justice and self restraint. This is epitomised by Augustine and Boethius in the style of learning called Scholasticism.

Up until the 12th Century what was known about Aristotle was understood via Boethius' translations. What was garnered from the limited Aristotelian works available was that Logic was important to knowledge. Aristotle epitomised logic, so you can imagine people like Abelard relying upon this small group of knowledge.

Abelard and nominalism:

Reality versus universals.

'New Logic' of scholasticism: resolving contradictions. Sic et Non (c.1120)

sicilian scholarcism of the 12th century.

translations:

spain: toledo (1085); adelard of bath (c.1100-c.1140); gerard of cremona (1114-1187); dominic gundisalvi (f;.1150)

antioch: stephen of antioch (fl.1114)

siciliy: henricus aristippus (fl. 1150s)

constantinople: james of venice (c.1100-c.1150)

as such these greek and arabic texts are becoming more widely disseminated

What we need to appreciate is how scholasticism, and questions about the rationality of good changed between the 11th century and the 12th century due to the increasing availability of Aristotelian texts and a more widespread translation of greek and arabic texts.