tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post5864781277745780771..comments2023-10-04T09:50:08.070-05:00Comments on Logismoi: Auctoritas in Hugh's DidascaliconAaron Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-28205014166931683962010-08-03T18:45:57.646-05:002010-08-03T18:45:57.646-05:00Lewis is perhaps, as you suggest, describing later...Lewis is perhaps, as you suggest, describing later, high medieval literature rather than the middle ages as a whole. Dante's Virgil is likely as explicit an example of personal <i>auctoritas</i> as one could find. Thomas Aquinas' references to Aristotle as The Philosopher is another, though less striking, example. It may also be that both personal and impersonal forms of auctoritas persisted throughout the middle ages - personal more in the realm of poetry and literature and impersonal in the realm of philosophy.Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10409029017940484576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-30289385370223685662010-07-29T09:46:08.602-05:002010-07-29T09:46:08.602-05:00Joseph,
You're welcome. And thank YOU for the...Joseph,<br /><br />You're welcome. And thank YOU for the wonderful recommendation!<br /><br />It really does seem that Lewis is not only working <i>within</i> the clerical/scholastic tradition of <i>studium</i>, but that it is the works of that tradition (albeit on the literary rather than theological side of things) that is the primary object of his study. It is not surprising that he would understand 'authorities' in terms of authors and texts rather than in terms of the 'living' word.<br /><br />AaronAaron Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-6632985538355266452010-07-29T09:07:57.739-05:002010-07-29T09:07:57.739-05:00Aaron,
Thanks for pointing out this distinction b...Aaron, <br />Thanks for pointing out this distinction between Illich and Lewis. The comparison had not occurred to me.I am glad you enjoyed Illich's book. Thanks for the post. <br /><br />Joseph PattersonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com