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Thomas Aquinas tries to update Catholic thought by combining Augustine's Platonic world with Aristotelian science, logic, and reason, but Jiang says Augustine's cultural grip is too deep for this to succeed.
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Thomas Aquinas tries to update Catholic thought by combining Augustine's Platonic world with Aristotelian science, logic, and reason, but Jiang says Augustine's cultural grip is too deep for this to succeed.
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"...Aristotelian science and logic and reason. He's trying to combine faith and reason. Okay? And so, he's trying to update the Catholic Church. But..."
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"Okay? He's in the air. You breathe. That's the power of culture. The man who will ultimately free Europe from the grasp of Augustine..."
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