HPED 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Christian Mortalism, Scholasticism, Middle Ages
6 Feb 2020
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Middle ages: beginning of tenth century ending with the birth of italian renaissance. Three significant barriers to understanding middle age philosophers. Linguistics: middle ages were often recorded in latin, subjective and objective meanings have obscured medieval history. Confessionals: philosophies became known as a branch of theology, there"s very little information about who the scholastics are, as most their efforts were continuing works of their predecessors. Christianity: christian church was one of the few remaining institutes left by barbarians afters fall of the. Laughter and games: running was practiced as a form of competition, missing the target or being the loser created imperfect and unwanted outcomes, the grotesque body displayed images of what was wrong in life. Losing can be funny as it has features of the grotesque. The fitness smile: athlete trained to keep smiling despites effort and pain within the body, aim was to create culture of perfection, hence the lack of laughter.
