Philosophus satagit, ut mens respondeat ori: John of Salisbury’s Practical Application of Pedagogy in the Entheticus maior

Lescault, Meghan Catherine

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Year:: 2018
Contributor:: Lescault, Meghan Catherine (creator); Pucci, Joseph (Advisor); Papaioannou, Stratis (Reader); Brown University. Department of Classics (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Middle Ages; intellectual history; John, of Salisbury, Bishop of Chartres, -1180; Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum (John, of Salisbury, Bishop of Chartres); Twelfth century
Extent:: iv, 72 p.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26300/r48f-j227

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Abstract:: John of Salisbury (c. 1115/1120-1180) is known for his treatises in which he conveyed his ideas about education, society, virtue, and several other topics to his twelfth-century contemporaries of the schools and the courts. In his Metalogicon, John specifically articulates his pedagogical views and proposes his recommended methods for teaching and learning. It has been argued that despite these strong suggestions, John himself did not put his teaching into practice. In this thesis, I seek to challenge that claim and to establish John as a true philosopher by own his own definition—one who lives in accordance with his teaching. It examines John’s survey of ancient philosophers in his poem the Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum, or the Entheticus maior, and from this study, I argue that John does in fact put his teaching into practice, as he applies to this segment of the poem his proposed methods of learning, skepticism, and moderation, all guided by his concern with virtue and ethical living, and ultimately, by his Christian faith.
Notes:: Thesis (A. M.)--Brown University, 2018

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Lescault, Meghan Catherine, "Philosophus satagit, ut mens respondeat ori: John of Salisbury’s Practical Application of Pedagogy in the Entheticus maior" (2018). Classics Theses and Dissertations. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.26300/r48f-j227

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