• Heaven and Earth: Part 1, The Medieval Shape of the Cosmos

  • Jul 3 2023
  • Duración: 25 m
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Heaven and Earth: Part 1, The Medieval Shape of the Cosmos

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  • How did medieval people understand their relation to the objects seen in the sky, from the sun and moon, to the planets and stars? In this episode, we'll talk about how medieval people understood the shape and structure of the known universe from God setting things into motion to our own world.


    Further Reading


    Lewis, C.S. The Discarded Image. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1964.


    Here it is again! This time I'll ask you to read it for Lewis's explanation of the shape of the world and where everything fit into their cosmology.


    Maurer, Armand. Medieval Philosophy. 2nd ed. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Meidaeval Studies, 1982.


    This excellent little introduction to medieval philosophy will help you get a background as to how the people of medieval world made sense of their world through reason, and how medieval schoolmen sought to integrate the tools of human reason with the teachings of the Christian religion.


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