NATS 1775 Lecture Notes - Song Dynasty, Horse Collar, Stirrup
2 Nov 2011
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The christian church originally rejected all ideas of natural philosophy. However, they soon accepted and used the ideas from aristotle, which they originally considered to be heretical. The way in which these ideas were accepted was by blending christian ideals and aristotle"s ideas. For example, aristotle developed what he called the natural chain of being . The christian church took this and added in their own things so that this chain would be acceptable. Christian aristotle chain: god, angels, man, woman, animals, plants ect. The christian church also began to support the technical arts, which made them more popular and accepted also. Hugh of st. victor linked the technical arts to religion so that it would be considered more acceptable. He believed that all forms of knowledge and research were valuable. Claimed that studying different knowledges would solve different problems. Theoretical knowledge - solve the problem of ignorance. Practical knowledge - solve the problem of human vice.
