| | In the West, until the twelfth century, little was known of Plato and Aristotle, except a few dialogues and some treatises on logic. [[Anselm of Canterbury|St. Anselm]] (1O33-1109) made a first attempt at systematizing [[Scholasticism|Scholastic philosophy]]. Some decades later, the Arabic and Byzantine thinkers entered into relation with Western culture, and affecting a philosophical revival; translations of the ancient authors were made and the works of [[Avicenna]] and [[Averroes]] became better known. In the thirteenth century important names appear: Alexander of Hales, St. Bonaventure, [[Albertus Magnus]], [[St. Thomas Aquinas]], and in the following century: William of Occam, Eckhart and Nicholas of Cusa, and later [[Thomas More]] and Grotius. <ref> [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12025c.htm Philosophy] Catholic Encyclopedia. </ref> | | In the West, until the twelfth century, little was known of Plato and Aristotle, except a few dialogues and some treatises on logic. [[Anselm of Canterbury|St. Anselm]] (1O33-1109) made a first attempt at systematizing [[Scholasticism|Scholastic philosophy]]. Some decades later, the Arabic and Byzantine thinkers entered into relation with Western culture, and affecting a philosophical revival; translations of the ancient authors were made and the works of [[Avicenna]] and [[Averroes]] became better known. In the thirteenth century important names appear: Alexander of Hales, St. Bonaventure, [[Albertus Magnus]], [[St. Thomas Aquinas]], and in the following century: William of Occam, Eckhart and Nicholas of Cusa, and later [[Thomas More]] and Grotius. <ref> [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12025c.htm Philosophy] Catholic Encyclopedia. </ref> |