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HoP 230 - A Light That Never Goes Out - Robert Grosseteste

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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Divine Illumination and Knowledge: Exploring Robert Grosseteste's Philosophy

This chapter delves into the concept of divine illumination in medieval philosophy, focusing on the ideas of Robert Grosseteste. It examines the connection between God as light and knowledge as vision, contrasting the theories of divine illumination and sense experience-based knowledge while emphasizing Grosseteste's unique cosmology and the role of light in his philosophy.

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