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St. Bonaventure’s love of wisdom was intimately related to his love of God—so much so that he is called the “Seraphic Doctor” for the ardor that accompanied his great mind. What does this sort of mind have to say about the history of man, a topic long dear to Christian thinkers, especially owing to the Incarnation and the expectation of the Second Coming? In this academic treatise, then-Father...

objective anti-Aristotelianism. This second development is directed not primarily against the historical Aristotle but against the contemporary form of Aristotelianism. It is a battle against a self-sufficient philosophy standing over against the faith. Thus, his anti-Aristotelianism develops here into a general anti-philosophical attitude. In this case, the rejection of Aristotle is the rejection of a self-sufficient philosophy. This does not, however, exclude the recognition of philosophy and of
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