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A 9 page essay that contrasts and compares the writing of 3 medieval theologians. At their most fundamental level, the writing of medieval theologians Thomas Aquinas, Bernard of Clairvaux and Saint Bonaventure are in agreement with each other in that they each perceive the relation between love and knowledge as being intrinsically intertwined and interconnected with the context of human experience. However, in the centuries since the medieval period, the mindset or worldview of Western civilization has changed, as defining precepts moved from a focus on God towards a focus on rationality. Consequently, the scholasticism of the Middle Ages is often difficult for the modern reader to fully appreciate or understand. Due to this fact, the writing of Bernard of Clairvaux provides the most compelling account of the relationship between love and knowledge as it fits better with the modern worldview that still tends to rely on the rational perspective of the Enlightenment. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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that they each perceive the relation between love and knowledge as being intrinsically intertwined and interconnected with the context of human experience. Each man wrote documents of deep faith and
religious insight that illustrate complicated religious truths within the framework of Christian doctrine and medieval scholasticism. In the centuries since the medieval period, the mindset or worldview of Western
civilization has changed, as defining precepts moved from a focus on God towards a focus on rationality. Consequently, the scholasticism of the Middle Ages is often difficult for the modern
reader to fully appreciate or understand. Due to this fact, the writing of Bernard of Clairvaux provides the most compelling account of the relationship between love and knowledge as it
fits better with the modern worldview that still tends to rely on the rational perspective of the Enlightenment. Bernard is more straightforward and to the point than either Aquinas
or Bonaventure. He tends to write in a plainer, less convoluted style and he addresses the topics of knowledge and love separately, which makes his train of thought slightly easier
for the modern non-theologian to follow. Another point is that Aquinas De Caritate appears to be responding to be responding to a theological debate of his era, which was namely
if Charity is "something created in the soul" (Aquinas 17). Without background knowledge on this debate, his points become somewhat obscure to the reader. Bonaventures The Journey of the Mind
to God has a clear writing style, but involves a mystic appreciation and perspective that can be frequently confusing. Bernard, however, offers an argument that the twenty-five century, rationally oriented
reader can appreciate and understand. Thomas Aquinas and Bernard of Clairvaux Aquinas in De Caritate (On Charity) defines "charity" as "the love by which we love our neighbor," and
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