Thierry of Chartres (Theodoricus Chartrensis) (d. before 1155[1], probably 1150[2] ) was a twelfth-century philosopher working at Chartres and Paris, France. Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language Chartres is a town and commune and capital of the Eure-et-Loir department in north-central France It is located 96 km southwest of Paris Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
The cathedral school at Chartres promoted scholarship before the first university was founded in France. Thierry was a prominent exponent of the philosophical school of Chartres, a Platonist reaction to the anti-realism of Roscellinus and Peter Abelard[2]. In Philosophy, the term anti-realism is used to describe anyposition involving either the denial of an objective Reality of Entities of a certain Roscellinus, also called Roscelin of Compiègne or in Latin Roscellinus Compendiensis and Rucelinus (c Some modern scholars believed Thierry to have been a brother of Bernard of Chartres who had founded the school of Chartres, but later research has shown that this is unlikely. Bernard of Chartres ( Bernardus Carnotensis) (d after 1124 was a twelfth-century French Neo-Platonist Philosopher, scholar and administrator [3] John of Salisbury[4] and Herman of Carinthia were among Thierry's students. John of Salisbury (c 1120 &ndash 1180 English author diplomat and Bishop of Chartres, was born at Salisbury. Herman of Carinthia or Herman Dalmatin (also known in Latin as Sclavus Dalmata Secundus was a Philosopher, Astronomer, Astrologer, Mathematician
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He wrote the Heptateucon (a treatise on liberal arts), some commentaries on Boethius' De Trinitate and a Tractatus de sex dierum operibus or In Hexaemeron (a treatise on the six days of creation), in which he interprets the Genesis narration in a scientific way ("secundum physicam") with reference to Plato's Timaeus. The term liberal arts refers to a particular type of educational Curriculum broadly defined as a Classical education. Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480&ndash524 or 525 was a Christian philosopher of the 6th century Biography Early life Birth and family Plato was born in Athens Greece Timaeus ( Greek: Τίμαιος, Timaios) is a theoretical treatise of Plato in the form of a Socratic dialogue, written
Thierry's explanation of the creation of the world is based on a theological interpretation of Aristotle's four causes, which he identifies with the three persons of the Trinity plus matter (made up of the four elements): the Father is the efficient cause, the Son is the formal cause, the Holy Spirit is the final cause and the four elements are the material cause. Aristotle (Greek Aristotélēs) (384 BC – 322 BC was a Greek philosopher a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. SSC RF "Troitsk Institute of Innovative and Termonuclear Research" or TRINITY for shprt Троицкий Институт инновационных и термоядерных Many ancient philosophies used a set of archetypal classical "elements" to explain patterns in Nature.
According to Thierry, the act of divine creation is limited to the creation of the four elements, which then evolve by themselves, mix according to mathematical proportions and make up the physical world.
Editions
- Commentaries on Boethius by Thierry of Chartres and His School, ed. N. M. Häring, Toronto 1971.
- The Latin Rethorical Commentaries by Thierry of Chartres, ed. K. M. Fredborg, Toronto 1988.
References
- ^ Ralph McInerny (1963). Chapter IV - The School of Chartres (English). A History of Western Philosophy Vol. II - Part III: The Twelfth Century. The Jacques Maritain Center, University of Notre Dame. Retrieved on August 29, 2007.
- ^ a b William Turner (1903). Chapter XXXIII - The School of Chartres (English). History of Philosophy. The Jacques Maritain Center, University of Notre Dame. Retrieved on August 29, 2007.
- ^ Paul Edward Dutton (ed. ), The Glosae super Platonem of Bernard of Chartres, Toronto 1991, p. 40-42.
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"Theodoric (Thierry) of Chartes". Catholic Encyclopedia. The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language Encyclopedia published by The Encyclopedia (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Further reading
- Peter Dronke, "Thierry of Chartres", in P. Dronke, A History of Twelfth Century Western Philosophy, Cambridge 1988.
- Peter Ellard, The Sacred Cosmos: Theological, Philosophical, and Scientific Conversations in the Twelfth Century School of Chartres, University of Scranton Press, 2007. The University of Scranton Press is a University press that is part of the University of Scranton.
See also
Renaissance of the 12th century
The Renaissance of the 12th century was a period of many changes during the High Middle Ages.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic