Chapter 3 Key Individuals Flashcards
Who was one of the first Western philosopher-theologians to emphasize the works of Aristotle?
Peter Abelard
Averroes
Avicenna
Emperor Constantine
Peter Abelard
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
Averroes
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
Avicenna
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
Emperor Constantine
Who was the Jewish physician and philosopher who attempted to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy and Judaism?
Maimonides
Peter Lombard
St. Albertus Magnus
St. Anselm
Maimonides
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
Peter Lombard
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
St. Albertus Magnus
Who argued that sense perception and rational powers should supplement faith?
Maimonides
Peter Lombard
St. Albertus Magnus
St. Anselm
St. Anselm
Who epitomized Scholasticism and sought to ‘Christianize’ the works of Aristotle?
St. Thomas Aquinas
William of Occam
Peter Abelard
Averroes
St. Thomas Aquinas
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
William of Occam