Tag: Augustine of Hippo (354—430 AD)

The mathematician Eudoxus of Cnidus was chosen by the gods to devise a method to measure the stars

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 22, 2025

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Philosophy, Science

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Augustine of Hippo (354—430 AD), Classical science, Featured, Heavens Waters Partridge (Inkwell 2025), Jed Macosko, Winston Ewert}

Faith and Science Before Modern Science — a Fresh Look

_{Winston Ewert offers a surprising look at how Christians debated science theories in the ancient and medieval world} _{Denyse O'Leary
July 22, 2025

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Philosophy, Science}

What Christians thought about the claims of classical science should be seen in light of the fact that the science, not the faith, was later overturned.

An Ancient Argument for the Existence of the Human Soul

_{Sixteen hundred years ago, Augustine tells a friend about a dream a skeptical local doctor had, where a sharp youth asked him some pointed questions} _{News
July 20, 2025

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Philosophy of Mind}

One issue that arose in that age of controversy was how anything like a human mind could function without a body?