Chapter 3 Key Individuals Flashcards

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Who was one of the first Western philosopher-theologians to emphasize the works of Aristotle?

Peter Abelard

Averroes

Avicenna

Emperor Constantine

A

Peter Abelard

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Who was a Muslim physician and philosopher who wrote commentaries on Aristotle’s work on the senses, memory, sleep and waking, and dreams?

Peter Abelard

Averroes

Avicenna

Emperor Constantine

A

Averroes

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Who was a Muslim physician and philosopher whose translations of, and commentaries on, the works of Aristotle strongly influenced subsequent Western philosophers?

Peter Abelard

Averroes

Avicenna

Emperor Constantine

A

Avicenna

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Who was the Roman Emperor whose Edict of Milan in 313 made Christianity a tolerated religion within the Roman Empire?

Peter Abelard

Averroes

Avicenna

Emperor Constantine

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Emperor Constantine

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Who was the Jewish physician and philosopher who attempted to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy and Judaism?

Maimonides

Peter Lombard

St. Albertus Magnus

St. Anselm

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Maimonides

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Who insisted that God could be known through faith, reason, or the study of his work in nature?

Maimonides

Peter Lombard

St. Albertus Magnus

St. Anselm

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Peter Lombard

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Who made a comprehensive review of Aristotle’s work and also made careful, direct observations of nature?

Maimonides

Peter Lombard

St. Albertus Magnus

St. Anselm

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St. Albertus Magnus

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Who argued that sense perception and rational powers should supplement faith?

Maimonides

Peter Lombard

St. Albertus Magnus

St. Anselm

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St. Anselm

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Who epitomized Scholasticism and sought to ‘Christianize’ the works of Aristotle?

St. Thomas Aquinas

William of Occam

Peter Abelard

Averroes

A

St. Thomas Aquinas

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Who denied the contention of the realists and sided with the nominalists, stating that reality is what we experience directly?

St. Thomas Aquinas

William of Occam

Peter Abelard

Averroes

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William of Occam

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