THE PERIOD OF SCHOLASTIC

PHILOSOPHY
 SCHOLASTIC PHILOSPHY
OR SCHOLACTICISM
• IT IS SYNTHESIS THAT ATTEMPTS TO ORGANIZE ALL THE QUESTION PHILOSOPHY
ASK AND TO PRESNET THE ANSWER IN STICTLY LOGICAL FORM.
• MAIN GOAL OF SCHOLASTICISM IS TO FIND AN ASWER TO A QUESTION, OR TO
SHOW THAT A CONTRADICTION CAN BE RESOLVED.
• SCHOLASTICISM IS CREATED DURING 13TH CENTURY
THE TOP THREE THINKERS
 ALBERTUS MAGNUS
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS
ALEXANDER HALES
 ALBERTUS MAGNUS
• RELIGIOUS , BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
• ONE OF THE MOST UNIVERSAL THINKERS TO APPEAR DURING MIDDLE AGES.
• ALSO KNOWN AS “SAINT ALBERTUS MAGNUS” AND “ALBERT THE GREAT” AND
“ ALBERT COLOGNE”
• HE WAS A GERMAN CATHOLIC, DOMINICIAN FRIAR AND BISHOP
• HE WAS KNOWN DURING HIS LIFETIME AS DOCTOR UNIVESALIS AND DOCTOR
EXPERITUS
 SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS
• DOMINICIAN FRIAR, PHILOSOPHER, CATHOLIC PRIEST AND DOCTOR OF THE
CHURCH
• INFLUENTIAL PHILOSOPHER, THEOLOGIAN AND JURIST IN THE TRADITIONAL OF
SCHOLASTICISM.
• “DOCTOR ANGELICUS” OR “ DOCTOR COMMUNIS”
• THE NAME AQUINAS IDENTIFIES HIS CONCENTRAL ORIGIN IN THE COUNTRY OF
AQUINO IN PRESENT
• HE NEVER CONSIDERED HIMSELF AS A PHILOSOPHER AND CRITICIZED
PHILOSOPHERS.
 ALEXANDER THE GREAT
• ALSO KNOWN AS HALENSIS,ALENSIS, HALESIUS, AND ALESIUS
• AND ALSO CALLED DOCTOR IRREFRAGIBILLS BY POPE ALEXANDER IV
• ALEXANDER KNOWN FOR REFLECTING THE WORKS OF SEVERAL OTHER MIDDLE
AGES THINKERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF SAINT AUGUSTINE ALSOKNOWN FOR
QOUTE THINKERS SUCH AS SAINT BERNARD AND RICHARD OF SAINT VICTOR