News On the Birth of the Western "Rationalism" (About the New Edition Of The Libri Carolini)
Abstract
The historiographic category called "Carolingian Renaissance" is subject to permanent review and analysis. Strictly speaking, and redirected to its ultimate cause, this renaissance was a historical phenomenon resulting from the meeting between Alcuin of York and Charlemagne in Parma in 781, during the British scholar's return journey from Rome. Two decisive consequences resulted from this meeting: one concerning the way in which Medieval European philosophy was to be developed in the future, and the other concerning the way in which this philosophy was to be used as an instrument to gain theoretical access to the themes and contents of Christianity. The Western philosophy generated from that moment on was stamped with a characteristic stamp and style: henceforth, formulating proposals about the dogmatic content of Christianity would be equivalent to formulating them theoretically, that is, from the standpoint of rationality and with the instruments of reason, never with the instruments of art.Downloads
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