Medieval Philosophy
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Thomas Aquinas attempted to reconcile the philosophy of which ancient thinker with Christian theology?
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1. Thomas Aquinas attempted to reconcile the philosophy of which ancient thinker with Christian theology?
Answer: Aristotle
2. What are the 'Five Ways' of Thomas Aquinas?
Answer: Five arguments for the existence of God
3. Augustine of Hippo wrote which influential autobiographical work?
Answer: Confessions
4. The 'problem of universals' was a major debate in medieval philosophy. What did it concern?
Answer: Whether abstract concepts exist independently of specific things
5. Averroes (Ibn Rushd) was a medieval philosopher from which cultural tradition?
Answer: Islamic (Andalusian)
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