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Middle Ages 9: Knowledge and Ignorance in the Middle Ages (and Today)

Jun 1, 2017

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Aristotle and Aquinas's the Great Chain of Beings

03:10

The Great Chain of Being

03:24

Early Mediaeval Western Civilization Was Lost

03:43

Introduction

3min

The Early Middle Ages - A Time When Literacy Was Very Low

3min

Preserving Ancient Knowledge From the Middle East

51sec

Early Mediaeval Western Civilization Was Lost

4min

The Allegory of the Cave in the Republic

2min

The Philosopher of the Early Christian World, Augustine

4min

Are These Real, Literal Days?

3min

The City of God

4min

The Consolation of Philosophy by Boet

3min

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A Brief History of the Middle Ages

4min

11.

The History of Translation Schools in Spain

4min

12.

Aristotle and Plato - A Different View of Humanity

3min

13.

The Philosophy of the Schools

1min

14.

Aristotle and Asticism - A Brief History of the Late Middle Ages

3min

15.

Abelard and His Love Affair

3min

16.

Sicetnon's Theology of Reason

3min

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Aristotle and Aquinas's the Great Chain of Beings

3min

18.

The Great Chain of Being

3min

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The History of Women in the Middle Ages

4min

20.

The History of New Construction in the Middle Ages

3min

21.

The Romanesque Style of Architecture in the High Middle Ages

3min

22.

The Mediaeval Machine

3min

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What Is the History of Alchemy?

3min

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Aristotle's Theorization of Motion

4min

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The Scholastics, the Renaissance Humanists

3min

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The Renaissance Humanists

3min

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The Scientific Revolution

4min

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Is There a Corp Curriculum?

3min

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The Dark Age

4min

We examine how medieval scholars battled over the meanings of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy and of the Christian religion, while illiterate artisans made breakthroughs in architecture, engineering, metallurgy, and alchemy. The vast body of medieval scholarship came under attack during the Renaissance as so many "metaphysical obscurities," while today we stand on the precipice of a true Dark Age of ignorance. Become a patron to hear the next installment -- Middle Ages 10: Sex and Sexuality in the Middle Ages -- https://www.patreon.com/posts/11878439

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