WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This idea developed during the Middle Ages that people could study science and still be devout Christians.
A
Paganism
B
Scholasticism
C
Mysticism
D
Theology
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Among them was Johannes Scotus Eriugena (815–877), one of the founders of scholasticism. Eriugena was the most significant Irish intellectual of the early monastic period and an outstanding philosopher in terms of originality.

Detailed explanation-2: -Scholasticism is a way of thinking and teaching knowledge. It was developed in the Middle Ages. It started when people wanted to bring together what is called classical philosophy with the teachings of Christian theology. Classical philosophy is the philosophy developed in Ancient Greece.

Detailed explanation-3: -Scholasticism is a habit of sticking stubbornly to one specific method of teaching or learning. Your teacher’s scholasticism might mean she teaches you math the exact same way she was taught. In medieval times, scholasticism was a popular way of teaching philosophy in universities.

Detailed explanation-4: -Most important for philosophy, though, was the emergence of medieval universities which became centers of learning and gave birth to a distinct philosophical method called scholasticism, which systematically blended Aristotelian philosophy and Christian theology.

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