SFII-UF 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Christian Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy

• School: New York University
• Department: Social Foundations II
• Course: SFII-UF 102
• Professor: Debora Spini

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*thomas more"s best friend who is known to embody the european mindset. Erasmus, the name, is a combo of greek and latin, meaning something like nostalgia. Was educated in convents, loyal to his orders, but lead the life of a traveling scholar. Wanted to reconcile the best of ancient philosophy and the best of christianity. Believed that for christians it was crucial to focus on jesus christ himself. Jesus was all about forgiveness, charity, and love esse(cid:374)(cid:272)e of (cid:272)h(cid:396)istia(cid:374) (cid:373)essage. Re(cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)e(cid:374)ded a si(cid:373)ple (cid:272)h(cid:396)istia(cid:374) philosoph(cid:455) (cid:272)o(cid:373)passio(cid:374), (cid:373)e(cid:396)(cid:272)iful(cid:374)ess, a(cid:374)d lo(cid:448)e. Wa(cid:374)ted to go (cid:271)a(cid:272)k to the di(cid:396)e(cid:272)t sou(cid:396)(cid:272)e of the (cid:272)h(cid:396)istia(cid:374) (cid:373)essage the (cid:271)i(cid:271)le a(cid:374)d ch(cid:396)ist. Said to go back to read the testaments in the original way it was written. Don"t take other people"s interpretations, go directly to the source. Belie(cid:448)ed p(cid:396)ofou(cid:374)dl(cid:455) i(cid:374) the ideals of hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)it(cid:455) (cid:374)ot e(cid:374)fo(cid:396)(cid:272)i(cid:374)g ch(cid:396)istia(cid:374) (cid:271)eliefs. Did not think that christianity was in conflict with humanism, but go hand in hand.