1. Italian Renaissance
The manuscript that caused the murders is the second part of the ''Poetics'' by Aristotle - a lost book containing his theory of comedy and laughter - has been found in the library and the murderer would do anything to stop the manuscript from being exposed to others. ... One might read the story as a mystery novel, as a medieval history textbook, or as a book about philosophy. ...
For nearly 2,600 years, the preeminent philosophy in Western Civilization employed to "create- order in the world has been "Dualism,"" which is directly traceable to the 6th century B.C. ... Many predominant modern philosophies in Western civilization are directly traceable to Zoroastrianism through (1) the Greek philosophers Plato, Aristotle, and Zeno, (2) the Roman Stoics, (3) the Manicheans and Saint Augustine of Hippo in the Third Century A.D., (4) the Albigensians of Southern France and Spain in the early Middle Ages, (5) the Italian scholastic philosopher Thomas Aquinas in the 13th cent...
These schools specialized in the works of Aristotle, theology and philosophy. ... Davis, Oxford University Press. " measure [the middle ages] by the memories and the achievements that it has bequeathed to the modern world we must judge them by their philosophy and law, their poetry and architecture- Faith was also a very important aspect in medieval life. ...
Medieval scholars designed their own brand of philosophy, interpreting the teachings of Aristotle to agree with their religious beliefs. Their combination of philosophy and theology is known as scholasticism. ... Two traditions of classical literature and philosophy separated the classical world, but were brought together for the first time in fruitful union by the church and rearranged into an educational method that would be the standard of learning for the next one thousand years. ... This explains, for instance, the medieval emphasis on philosophy. ... "Philosophy was discredited...