REL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Quadrivium, Unapologetic, Liberal Arts Education
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Secularization: to no longer be explicitly religious move from religious to not religious. Religious education: instruction in the principles of a particular religious. Plato"s academy: 387 bce 529 ce 1st university** (search for knowledge, no degrees)** Est. by plato; most famous student aristotle. 2 most influential thinkers for western thought for 1500 years. Closed by roman emperor justinian 1, christianity then the official religion of faith. Rome: problems with christianity and the academy. Early european universities influenced by roman catholic monastic learning. Also influenced by islamic centers of learning and the transmission of community knowledge to the west. Chemistry and algebra baghdad islamic schools (bring words like coffee and. Plato/ aristotle athens greece/ rome hellenistic. Week 1 class 1: arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music/harmonics. 1517: protestant reformation martin luther, john calvin. Applies for chair of ethics & mental philosophy. 6 years ;ater applies for chair of logic: qualified for both but declined.
