Early Medieval Philosophy: Augustine of Hippo and Boethius

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@@nikhilrodrigues8475 Educated people say CE, kiddo. Common era. Year 1 is arbitrary.

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Ah men, I love Boetius and Augustine, it is soo fascinating!! Not super relevant, but I still love it the way I love how Tolkien philosophizes about his secondary world :)

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Makes sense that you would love both, as Tolkien had a great love for history, the bible, and languages of course. A man in the same mold as Augustine to be sure

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It is worth noting that *whenever you study a philosopher who is religious, who is talking about anything to do with their religion/theology, they are not doing philosophy, they are doing apologetics. These are not the same.* Philosophy is honest enquiring and truth-seeking, apologetics is making excuses or a defense for what they already assume without reason, to be true.

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I think that applies to contemporary philosophy but I don’t it’s fair to say that of more ancient eras.

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No, because religious beliefs were part of how people understood the natural world. You’re applying a post-enlightenment mentality to pre-enlightenment people.

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@@Jd-808 You can't know what they were thinking. It is naive and patronising to the people of the past to think they all didn't/couldn't know better so must have been convinced of the religion they were surrounded by. You can however, make the argument that their material circumstances were contingent on their publically advocating for/defending the religion of the day because well, we know what would happen if they didn't...

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@@ProfessorDaveExplains Well, I think its worth acknowledging that their material circumstances, livelyhoods and even lives were contingent on their continued presentation of being believers no matter the era. Especially in times and places where they could be uh 'dealt with' if they questioned the religion of the day which was often synonomous with the powerful/elites. Perhaps today there's more "i know this isn't true but I'm gonna say it is anyway" but in the past, I'm sure there was far more "I don't think this is true but I may as well write about/defend it because they'll get me" than we like to admit. Also, they probably enjoyed being considered smart or something for their day.

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⁠@@satyasyasatyasya5746 You’re just spouting anachronistic antitheist claptrap. You’re the one presuming that what they think isn’t what they tell us but the result of this made-up narrative that pits these people as victims of religious intolerance. You should probably educate yourself on stoicism and Neoplatonism because, guess what, they are “religious” as well. You’re essentially arguing philosophy didn’t exist until around the enlightenment. It’s absurd.

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Augustin of Hippo is probably the worst thing that happened to humanity. His philosophy is the theoretical base for the theocracy in the dark ages.

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"humanity" you mean what? A certain amount of people around mediterrain? And which aspects of this "theorical base" you infer?

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Theocracy was already the norm long before Saint Augustine. Perhaps you'll remember that Judaism and Christianity were outlawed in the Roman Republic/Empire for refusing to worship the Roman/Hellenistic pantheon?

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