Aaron Boyd
12 August 2013
AP English 11
Mrs. Wilhelmus
12 August 2013
AP English 11
Mrs. Wilhelmus
Compromising Conflicts
Religion and philosophy have always been one to bump and turn heads. One or the other is always trying to disprove the other, a conflict ever since the beggining of time. That all changed when Aquinas "christianized" Aristotle in the same way that St. Augustine "christianized" Plato.
As philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle began to influence the world, they too were being influenced by the grace of God by midevil philosophers such as St. Augustine and St. Aquinas. In my opinion, these great philosophers benefited from being shown the teachings of Christianity. Now they had a divine purpose for their philosophical ways of learning and teaching others. Without the teachings of Christianity, who's to say that Plato and Aristotle may have not been as motivated as they were, and who knows if today's day and age would be the same.
As the middle ages are mostly thought of as dark and unsanitary, Aberto explains to Sophie that even though it may not seem like the greatest of times, there was a vast amount of progress in things like education. I believe this is do to the two conflicting subjects coming together and uniquely playing a role on the world. This made it easier on the people because there wasn't a war going on between the two common beliefs. Therefore, the coming together benefited both sides of the spectrum.
As a whole, the teachings of Christianity benefited the teachings and study of philosophy because the fighting subsided and more progress could be made. From this I think we can all learn the lesson to compromise. Philosophers such as Aristotle and Plato had to compromise with some of their beliefs in order to take on the teachings of Christ. In our day this is a valuable lesson to learn because everyone has a different idea and opinion, so we have to compromise with each other to get along and move forward.
As philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle began to influence the world, they too were being influenced by the grace of God by midevil philosophers such as St. Augustine and St. Aquinas. In my opinion, these great philosophers benefited from being shown the teachings of Christianity. Now they had a divine purpose for their philosophical ways of learning and teaching others. Without the teachings of Christianity, who's to say that Plato and Aristotle may have not been as motivated as they were, and who knows if today's day and age would be the same.
As the middle ages are mostly thought of as dark and unsanitary, Aberto explains to Sophie that even though it may not seem like the greatest of times, there was a vast amount of progress in things like education. I believe this is do to the two conflicting subjects coming together and uniquely playing a role on the world. This made it easier on the people because there wasn't a war going on between the two common beliefs. Therefore, the coming together benefited both sides of the spectrum.
As a whole, the teachings of Christianity benefited the teachings and study of philosophy because the fighting subsided and more progress could be made. From this I think we can all learn the lesson to compromise. Philosophers such as Aristotle and Plato had to compromise with some of their beliefs in order to take on the teachings of Christ. In our day this is a valuable lesson to learn because everyone has a different idea and opinion, so we have to compromise with each other to get along and move forward.
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