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.

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.

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.