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The Aristotelian Truce - An 800-Year-Old Compromise and the Crisis it Created

In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, Aristotle’s works re-entered Western Europe through Arabic translations. For the first time in nearly a thousand years, European scholars had access to a systematic framework for empirical reasoning, natural philosophy, and logic grounded in observation rather than revelation. It was electrifying — and immediately threatening. The Catholic Church faced a crisis. Aristotle’s empiricism was incompatible with theological authority. If the

Lawrence Sheraton

Apr 158 min read

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The Aristotelian Truce - An 800-Year-Old Compromise and the Crisis it Created