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Early Christian thought, particularly in the [[Patristic period]], tended to be intuitional and mystical, and not to rely on reason and logical argument.  It also placed more emphasis on the sometimes mystical doctrines of [[Plato]], and less upon the thought of [[Aristotle]].  This tendency also dominated Christian thought in the [[Dark Ages]], the period that followed the destruction of the Roman empire and the end of the Patristic era in the fifth century until the beginning of the Scholastic era in the ninth century.

Early Christian thought, particularly in the [[Patristic period]], tended to be intuitional and mystical, and not to rely on reason and logical argument.  It also placed more emphasis on the sometimes mystical doctrines of [[Plato]], and less upon the thought of [[Aristotle]].  This tendency also dominated Christian thought in the [[Dark Ages]], the period that followed the destruction of the Roman empire and the end of the Patristic era in the fifth century until the beginning of the Scholastic era in the ninth century.

The first renewal of intellectual activity in the West was when [[Charlemagne]] attracted the best scholars of [[England]] and [[Ireland]], and by imperial decree in 787 A.D. established schools in every abbey in his empire. [[Peter of Pisa]] and [[Alcuin of York]] were his advisers.  These schools, from which the name ''Scholasticism'' is derived, became centres of medieval learning.  Much of the work of Aristotle was unknown in the West in this period.  Scholars relied on translations by [[Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius|Boethius]] into Latin of Aristotle's [[Categories (Aristotle)|Categories]], the logical work [[On Interpretation (Aristotle)|On Interpretation]], and his Latin translation of [[Porphyry]]'s Isagoge, which is a commentary on the Categories.  The thought of Augustine was also influential in this period (as it was in practically all periods of the Christian church's history).

The first renewal of intellectual activity in the West was when [[Charlemagne]] attracted the best scholars of [[England]] and [[Ireland]], and by imperial decree in 787 A.D. established schools in every abbey in his empire. Peter of Pisa and [[Alcuin of York]] were his advisers.  These schools, from which the name ''Scholasticism'' is derived, became centres of medieval learning.  Much of the work of Aristotle was unknown in the West in this period.  Scholars relied on translations by [[Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius|Boethius]] into Latin of Aristotle's [[Categories (Aristotle)|Categories]], the logical work [[On Interpretation (Aristotle)|On Interpretation]], and his Latin translation of [[Porphyry]]'s Isagoge, which is a commentary on the Categories.  The thought of Augustine was also influential in this period (as it was in practically all periods of the Christian church's history).

=== High period (11th to 14th century A.D.) ===

=== High period (11th to 14th century A.D.) ===