Welcome

Welcome to Module 4 of this course.

Introduction

As the Roman Empire and her educational centers imploded, Christianity became the only major cultural institution. Theologians, like Augustine of Hippo, shaped the next phase of philosophical history by blending Neoplatonic thought and Christian theology into a single, united discipline. Neoplatonism was accepted because of its compatibility with Christianity, while other philosophies would have been lost to history had it not been for Jewish and Muslim scholars who preserved Aristotelian ideas. Thus, the dominance of Plato’s worldview would be the trend of medieval philosophy and was accepted uncritically until the late medieval scholastics when Thomas Aquinas challenged authoritative church fathers.

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Score a 100% on the CYK Quizzes. You may take these quizzes as many times as needed to score 100%. Turn in any mastery assignment, discussion post and/or module quiz before moving to the next module. The content in the following module will remain locked until all assignments are turned in for this module.

Getting Started

Review the module introduction and outcomes to gain an understanding of the main topics and expectations.
Work through each lesson in this module and complete the Check Your Knowledge activity.
Complete the Module Quiz once all lessons are finished in full.

Module 4 Objectives

After completing this Module, you will be able to:

Identify, review, and show some of the traits of medieval philosophy at various stages.
Recite, review, and list some of the teachings of early medieval philosopher theologians
Identify, review, and show some of the characteristics of medieval scholasticism.
Review, classify, and show some of the major Arabic and Jewish philosophers who had access to Aristotle’s works before most of Europe did.
Identify, review, and show some of the contributions that Aquinas had on philosophy and theology.

Assignment Summary

Lesson CYK Quizzes
Module 4 - Quiz
Module 4 - Mastery Assignment Quiz