And re: Augustine, one of best sources of his ambivalence are seen in his relationship with his mother Monica in the dialogues at Cassiacum
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Replying to @HPluckrose @GastonLenotre
I wrote about it a bit here, particularly in Chapter Two.https://www.academia.edu/30784957/_Challendge_to_Your_Selves_no_Sovraigntie_Aemilia_Lanyer_Saint_Monica_Christian_Feminine_Virtue_and_its_Challenge_to_the_Patriarchal_Symbolic_Order …
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I asked you to define 'reason' cause it's unclear what you're talking about. /1
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Replying to @sicdeusvult @HPluckrose
Surely, you don't think that Augustine and medieval Christian thought is anti-rational. They don't reject the power of reason as such.
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Replying to @sicdeusvult @GastonLenotre
I have tried to explain as much as I can on twitter & linked you something I have written on this.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Please read Etienne Gilson on Augustine. You might find some support for your thesis in his Reason and Revelation: https://archive.org/details/ReasonAndRevelationInTheMiddleAges …
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Replying to @sicdeusvult @GastonLenotre
Honestly, its fine. Its not my thesis, The conflict between faith & reason in the Christian tradition is well known.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
You don't seem to know it if you think you can paint the majority of medieval thought as Tertullian. Logic and reason was highly prized.
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Replying to @sicdeusvult @HPluckrose
That reason is conducive to faith is evident in medieval universities. Students studied 4 yrs of logic in preparation for any higher study.
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Replying to @sicdeusvult @GastonLenotre
Please see what Augustine has to say about this in the dialogues but don't bother me any more.
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This isn't something that can be covered simply on Twitter. The anxiety abt worldly reason & knowledge vs faith is complex
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