The Name of The Rose Imagine a medieval Benedictine monastery, with cellarers, herbalists, gardeners, librarians, young novices. ... It is the medieval ages when William of Baskerville and his young scribe (Adso of Melk, who narrates the story many years later) arrive at the monastery. ... This evil is eventually lifted when fire has been spread throughout the abbey, this corresponds to the medieval belief of the cleansing power of fire. ... One might read the story as a mystery novel, as a medieval history textbook, or as a book about philosophy. ...

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The main books in the library included books by Aristotle, father of philosophy, and church didn't like Aristotle's ideas and writings. People lived a simple life in medieval age. ... The architecture in medieval times was of Romanesque style. ...

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Like Aquinas, Scotus was a realist in philosophy, but he differed from Aquinas on certain basic issues. ... Scotus was one of the most profound and subtle of the medieval theologians and philosophers known as Schoolmen. ... In the 20th century the influence of Scotist philosophy was still strong within the church. ... In his system of philosophy Scotus closely analyzed the concepts of causality and possibility in an attempt to set up a rigorous proof for the existence of God, the primary and infinite being. ... For Scotus, theology and philosophy were distinct and separate disciplines; they we...

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