birth of modernity

outcome

Trace how Greek philosophy was absorbed, transformed, and eventually separated from theology, and show how the Renaissance and early modern method emerged.

augustine & scholasticism

Early Christianity, Augustine, Scholastic problems, Aquinas begins

capability

Compare Augustine's Platonism, faith, determinism, evil, and history with the Scholastic effort to reconcile faith and reason.

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aquinas to early modern

Aquinas, Scotus, Ockham, Renaissance, Luther, Bacon, Machiavelli

capability

Explain natural theology, virtues, separation of theology and philosophy, induction, and scientific politics.

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phase problem

problem

Show exactly what was preserved, altered, and rejected as Greek philosophy passed through Augustine, Aquinas, late Scholasticism, and the early modern turn.

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