Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Human Nature
8 Jul 2014
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By the year 500, rome has been invaded, st. augustine is dead, but the alliance worked for hundreds of years>>the catholic church found it useful to make philosophy analogous to plato. St. thomas comes along in 1225, 700 years after augustine while the alliance is still intact>>after aquinas, the alliance is not lost, it is just changed. The metaphysics and poetics of aristotle was discovered in aquinas" time, which he studied word for word and loved. When aquinas says the philosopher , he means aristotle>>aquinas calls humans social animals just as aristotle did. Aquinas" readings were discovered to embody aristotle, which was thought to be a threat to the. Catholic church"s hold on politics>>his works were burned. Christian platonism fits christianity and platonism perfectly: city of god= above the line , city of man= below the line=cycle of futility, above : justice, peace, love, below : obedience, anxiety, resignation.
