Episode 6: The not-so-Dark Ages, medieval intellectuals, and freethinkers
This Week In Free Speech with Jacob Mchangama
Aristotle and the Theology
Thomas aquinas was one of the most influential thinkers of european history. Aquinas found a way to hack aristotle and patch holy scripture so as to make the two compatible in his metaphysics. In 12 77, just three years after aquinas died, a double condemnation was issued, both in paris by the bishop and in oxford by the archbishop of canterbury. After much bickering, the bishop compiled a final draft of 219 propositions that were condemned and whose teaching was henceforth banned.
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