PSY-1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Summa Theologica, Mehmed The Conqueror, Scholasticism
Document Summary
Despite coming from a wealthy family he joined dominican order- a begging friar". Aquinas, and other catholics in the university of paris, helped to reintroduce. Proofs off god in nature and reason as well as from faith. Accepts much of aristotles"s and ibn sina"s inner senses. Soul has several modes of cognition: in body, in heaven, in hell. Gun powder and rise of nation states. Fall of the byzantine empire to the ottomans, 143. Rise of personal religion, especially the protestant reformation. In a word, it was about the celebration of humanism- intense interest in humans. If god gave humans the ability to create, why not use it! The renaissance started in italy, actually florence italy and the wealthy medici family is a good choise, circa 1450. As the catholic church embraced reason and especially aristotle"s philosophy as a way to relate to god, numerous beliefs became imbedded as theological dogma: Heavy bodies fall faster than light bodies (false)
