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  • 2.3 - Christian Platonism in the Medieval West

  • from II - History
  • Edited by Alexander J. B. Hampton, University of Toronto, John Peter Kenney, Saint Michael's College, Vermont
  • Book:
    Christian Platonism
    Published online:
    20 January 2021
    Print publication:
    17 December 2020, pp 183-206

  • Summary

    This chapter calls into question the longstanding notion that early Franciscans simply systematized or rehearsed ideas from Augustine and highlights instead how they employed Avicenna and Arabic philosophy to forge a completely new understanding of the bishop’s thought. Although this version of Augustinianism was initially passed off as a reading of the Aristotelian tradition as well, it became disassociated with Aristotle as the next generation came to a more authentic understanding of the Greek philosopher’s thought. By contrast, the Augustinianism invented by early Franciscans continued to be widely promulgated and defended for generations and thus impacted conceptions of Christian Platonism that remain influential to this day.