Anselm to the Enlightenment (History of Thought) (Remastered)

CR101 Radio - Podcast Network · Oct 13, 2026 · 59m

This session traces the “shapers of the modern mind” from Anselm to the Enlightenment, arguing that how we know (noetics) and how we live (ethics) are inseparable your faith quietly governs what you’ll accept as “facts.” Anselm’s core claim is simple but explosive: “I believe in order to understand,” because even our language of better/worse assumes an absolute. Then the lecture pivots: Joachim’s “three ages” (Father/Law → Son/Grace → Spirit/Love) becomes a seedbed for later revolutionary hopes, while Aquinas tries to “baptize” Aristotle re-centering autonomous reason, a unity-of-being…