On the Point of Medieval Political Philosophy.

From: Perspectives on Political Science | Date: September 22, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

The framework of "Christian philosophy" ... is that in Christ man received an intelligence which relates to the whole of the universe and of existence, and therefore by definition concerns anyone who engages in philosophizing--and which, moreover, is valid by virtue of a superhuman claim to truth. Should anyone reject this premise, he must in consistency regard "Christian philosophy," however one defines it, as meaningless. The whole of medieval philosophy must remain inaccessible to him, as far as its sole underlying motif is concerned.

--Josef Pieper, 1960(1)

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