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Outline the importance of scholasticism.

      

Outline the importance of scholasticism.

  

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Martin
1. It corrected the mystical tendencies of the past. It got rid of the unnecessary contemplation introduced to Europe and which was wasting people’s energies and withdrawing the best brains from the world (hermits).

2. It exposed Europe to the ancient classical thought of philosophy.

3. It saved Europe from ignorance thereby paving way for modern research and science – logical method of approaching things.

4. It forced Christendom to wake up and state its theological position as being district and opposed to Islam. This led to formulation of beliefs in a logical way which helped defend the faith against any intellectual arguments
marto answered the question on May 20, 2019 at 05:45


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