Medieval philosophy

Collin Kwasigroch Dr. Molvarec History 1002 9/29/17 Medieval Vs Renaissance Philosophy The Medieval Era was a time dominated by belief. People lived with such great superstition and fear of God. Many people were focused not on their lives her on earth, but rather their life after death. During the Renaissance people became more humanistic and focused more on their lives in the moment rather than their afterlife. We can see these changes of Ideas by studying the works of Saint Anselm of Canterbury

Medieval philosophy is the philosophy which formed during the medieval time period after the fall of the Roman Empire. This time period was the rise of independent philosophy and the linkage between their understandings with the theories of past philosophers. The history of medieval philosophy is divided into two periods; the period of the Christian philosophy, which included St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Augustine, and Marsilius of Padua. The next period of the medieval philosophy known as the golden

Transcendentalism in Beowulf and Antigone     As time progressed through the various ages, Ancient to Renaissance, a trend began to form in the literature. The Ancient periods, reflected in the writings of the Taoists and the Greeks, were basically a time of transcendentalism. The gods of this era were treated almost as if they are friends to the people, or advisors; the gods controlled their fates and the uncontrollable, but the people were still very individualistic.

Although many versions of God exist, most of them follow the same formula. Namely, that God is a perfect, omniscient, omnibenevolent, omnipotent being. The existence of God has always been a hot topic of interest, particularly during medieval times. The existence of this perfect God however, poses a problem when considering evil. At first glance, it appears counterintuitive to believe in a world where a perfect being like God and an evil being like the Devil could coexist in the same reality. This

According to its etymology, the word “success” derives from the Latin word successus, which means an advance, a good result, or a happy outcome (“Online Etymology Dictionary”). Emphasizing the part of the definition, “a good result and a happy outcome,” success is associated with a positive connotation from its original roots. This association of positivity with success translated into today’s culture as worldly success, such as fame, fortune, and power. However, several individuals, especially those

It is believed that Anselm and St. Aquinas have completely different views, however, their views are much more alike than we believe them to be. It is said that “Anselm’s “proof” of God’s existence operates on the premise that there is such a notion as Truth and that this truth is knowable through human intellect, reasoning or understanding” (Anselm 147). This meaning that once you understand what is meant by the concept of God, you can see that as a matter of logic it follows that God has to exist

Does God exist? According to Anselm of Canterbury of course God exists, and he is able to explain how that is to be. Anselm uses the ontological argument to essentially state that the only way for a perfect creator, God, to be even greater would to exist in reality as opposed to thought, and thus, God exists. This logic is argued against by many philosophers throughout time, most notably by a fellow Benedictine monk, Gaunilo. Gaunilo uses the same logic in reference to the most perfect island and

In Proslogion, St. Anselm of Canterbury argues that God must exist because nothing else can exceed him both as a concept in the human mind and as a figure in reality. As an objection to his argument, Gaunilo of Marmoutier states that anything that exists in the mind can also exist within reality, such as the idea of a perfect island that everyone has imagined, yet no one has encountered. Gauniloʻs objection does not effectively refute St. Anselmʻs argument because an island does not possess qualities

Something that can be conceived to exist is greater that something which can be conceived not to exist Nothing else has being as true or as great as God If something that which nothing greater can be conceived is conceived to not exist then it is not greater than which nothing can be conceived Con) God cannot be conceived to not exist In chapter three of Anselm’s The Ontological Argument, he purposes the argument that God must exists through the thought of existence. His first premise is that

Saint Augustine, also known as Augustine of Hippo, was born on 354 AD in a North African county in present day Algeria. Throughout of his life, Augustine has endured a lot of hard ships and lessons that he wanted to share with others. He decided in 397 AD to compose an autobiographical book “confessing” and recounting moments in his life. Confessions by Saint Augustine are a 13 book series comprised of Augustine’s life and how he became to be one of the most important priests during his time. During