Philosophers
A humanist and Platonic philosopher, he wrote the 900 Theses
Who is Giovanni Pico della Mirandola?
1. The range of qualities a ruler must possess to both maintain the state and achieve accomplishments; and
2. The instability and disaster which upend states
What are Virtù and Fortuna?
The philosopher who wrote Essays as an attempt to uncover ideas in a manner aligned with skepticism
Who is Michel de Montaigne?
Adi Shankara
Who is medieval?
1. He
believed in synergism instead of monergism while embracing compromise and cooperation in politics; while
2. He
had a cynical view of humans and is known for his statement, "What do I know?"; while
3. He
wrote his famous text after being accused of treason and the practice of magic
Who are 1. Desiderius Erasmus, 2. Michel de Montaigne, and 3. Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
One of the most well-known scholastics, he argued that reason can operate within faith and wrote Summa Theologica
Who is Saint Thomas Aquinas?
A problem-solving principle that suggests finding answers from the smallest set of assumptions or requirements
What is Occam’s Razor?
In this text, a woman personified as philosophy explains that there is a highest good which controls the universe
What is Consolation of Philosophy?
The Prince
What is Renaissance?
Ibn-Rushd (Averroës)?
A philosophical school of thought that emerged in the 3rd century CE through the teachings of Greek philosopher Plotinus
What is Neoplatonism?
The idea that suggests interconnection between all living beings in the world; in other words, the world is animated by a soul much like the human body
What is the Anima Mundi?
The Floating Man Thought Experiment
What is Medieval?
A humanist and theologian, he focused on moral philosophy and concepts such as synergism and learned piety
Who is Desiderius Erasmus?
In philosophy, the position that the words used to describe concepts do not actually contain the “essence” of that word
What is nominalism?
The theory that connects the scientific method to philosophical thought by suggesting nature is completely knowable and can be understood through natural laws
What is naturalism?
Platonic Academy of Florence
What is Renaissance?
A theologian and philosopher whose ontological work was challenged by Gaunilo of Marmoutiers
Who is Saint Anselm of Canterbury?
The quality of having a secret meaning; intended to be understood by a small group of people
What is esoteric?
The philosopher who argued that reality is plural and that there is no object like another and no soul like another
Who is Madhvacharya?
Proslogion
What is medieval?