Illustrations of the History of Medieval Thought And Learning
The book Illustrations of the History of Medieval Thought And Learning was written by author Poole, Reginald Lane, 1857-1939 Here you can read free online of Illustrations of the History of Medieval Thought And Learning book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Illustrations of the History of Medieval Thought And Learning a good or bad book?
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a natural result of the i intellectual restlessness of theicf.cap.s time. The aim of the school of Chartres was directly ^" ^*'' opposed to this. Grammar, according to Bernard, was not to be treated as a mere technical study, as an instru- ment to be used in philosophy or theology : it was an end in itself. In a word he endeavoured according to his lights to substitute for grammar philology in the large sense. The level to which he attained may appear to us very im- perfect ; but we have at lea...st this testimony to his sucfcess, that John of Salisbury, who followed his method, wrote indisputably the purest, if not the most graceful, Latin of the middle ages. He has a taste in style and a breadth of reading for which no previous period has prepared us. The idea of learning which he reveals is something quite different from what we meet with in the preceding centuries, whether in the eleventh, in the verbose inanities of J^Anselm the Peripatetic, or even at the close of the ''v. supra, .
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