Middle Ages
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When it comes to what defines and shapes our relationships—what forms the fabric of the social world and its systems—ideas matter. If we want to understand why one culture embraces better philosophical ideas, or produces greater artistic achievements, or falls into greater dysfunction than another, we must examine the origins of its ideas. This is…
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One of the periods of human history that I most enjoy studying is the late Middle Ages, especially from a Western European perspective. There is a certain fecundity (in terms of ideas and the generation of concepts) about this period, which I think may be traced to a few principal roots. From these roots we…