how i managed to get aristotle into christian lore
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HOW I
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ARISTO
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XIII CENTURY
Changes In Knowledge and Science
WAYS FOR NEW (OLD) KNOWLEDGENEW TRANSLATIONS OF ARISTOTLE’S WORKS
1, Toledo2, Constantinople
EXISTING KNOWLEDGE
Neoplatonic
Aristotelian Knowledge-------------- SUPERIOR
NEED TO INCORPORATE
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BIG PROBLEMS
CONTRADICTIONS WITH THE BIBLE
Identification of God and Cosmos (pantheistic)
Eternal cosmos, that ruled out biblical creation
God is a non-intervening entity so no room for miracles
No personal immortality, no soul, so no Christian eschatology
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HOW TO USE THIS WISDOM
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Was it posible to use Aristotelian knowledge avoiding contradictions with the Bible?
READING ARISTOTLE: EVERYONE …. IN PRIVATE
Teaching:
BaconAquinas Magnus
Assembly of bishops in 1210The teaching of Aristotle’s is forbbiden
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AQUINAS APPROACH:
Selective acceptance:
Only those postulates that don’t contradict Scripture !!!!
Solutions
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CREATOR = CREATION
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Every person knows this self evident truth
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GOD AS INTERVENING ENTITY
God uses nature, so that it appears rational
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PLATO AUGUSTINEThere is such a thing as an immortal soul
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PRECAUTION AND FIRST RULE
In case of contradictionScripture prevails
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There’s an article here:www.areasubliminal.comAnd a video here:https://youtu.be/08PCw0jJ8To
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