In the chapter
covering the Middle Ages, a breakthrough in history is being told to
Sophie. After all the time Greek philosophers spent attempting to
prove that the earth had always existed and that God never really
created this earth, medieval thinkers began to think differently
about the situation. For example, St. Augustine “christianized”
old philosophy ideas. Christianity was knew in this area of the world
at the time where philosophers explained non-religious teachings
about the universe. Once St. Augustine started to contemplate whether
Christianity and Greek philosophy actually intertwined, he wanted to
share the bonding of religious belief and factual philosophy to the
world.
St. Augustine
believed he was a hundred-percent Christian. Even though he held this
to be true he agreed that Christianity and Platonic philosophy had no
contradiction between each other. He still believed in philosophy
even though he was Christian. He explained his beliefs by saying that
reason can only go so far with some matters. Religious questions can
be answered fully by faith, not by reason. He also connected the two
by keep his Platonic idea of eternal ideas by believing that God had
always knew he was going to created this world we living, thus
keeping the idea of the world eternal.
The different
perspectives of life gave St. Augustine a whole new outlook on life
and how things came to be. This influenced people all around him
making the Middle Ages a turning point for the intertwining of
ancient philosophy and Christianity beliefs.
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