HIST-308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Syllogism, Sanctification, Transubstantiation
17 Nov 2020
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Until the twelfth century only the handful of his works translated by boethius in the sixth century had been known in the west. Gradually, more works became available from the spanish and italian translation schools. by the end of the twelfth century direct knowledge of greek made the entire aristotelian corpus known. Rediscovering him was a revelation for medieval thinkers. As a systematizer, aristotle was curious; he had investigated everything around him and had produced treatises on topics as diverse as botany, ethics, logic, metaphysics, physics, poetics, politics, and zoology. Dante alighieri, the medieval world"s greatest poet, famously described aristotle as an inexhaustible source of knowledge. But what especially distinguished aristotle"s work and made it so appealing to medieval thinkers was his effort to harmonize his knowledge. A philosophy of existence based on sense-perception inescapably validates the senses. With the rediscovery of aristotle, philosophy became a matter of joy.
