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The Medieval Church · c. 1340
The Universal Treatise
Exigit Ordo Executionis
Nicholas of Autrecourt · c. 1299–1369
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What it is
An argument that nothing can be demonstrated beyond the principle of non-contradiction — not causation, not substance, not other minds — leaving only probability.
Why it lasted
The most radical scepticism of the Middle Ages, condemned at Paris in 1346 and its author made to burn his own writings.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
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