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The Medieval Church · c. 1271
On the Eternity of the World
Siger of Brabant · c. 1240–c. 1284
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What it is
An argument that on Aristotelian principles the world must be eternal, whatever faith holds — the philosopher reasoning as a philosopher and stopping there.
Why it lasted
The central text of the Latin Averroist controversy, condemned at Paris, and its author placed by Dante in paradise beside Aquinas.
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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