The first academic article I ever published was in 2007 about two medieval British theologians, Robert Grosseteste and John Duns Scotus, titled: “
Light and Love: Robert Grosseteste and John Duns Scotus on the How and Why of Creation
” (although the first popular article I ever published happened to be in
America
a few months earlier!). Scotus is certainly the better known of the two, but Grosseteste was an “intellectual giant,” to borrow the accolade used in a recent
Economist
blog post.
Grosseteste (d. 1253) was indeed a unique figure: a “scientist” (if we can anachronistically use that term), a theologian, a philosopher, a pastoral minister, a former chancellor of the nascent Oxford University, the first instructor of the Franciscan friars in England, and eventually the Bishop of Lincoln. In old age, he taught himself Greek (something few of his peers could do) so that he could read, and…
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I had a great visit at the blog of the Friends of Merton… Thanks for this re-blog William.
Blessings…
~ Eric
I am doing my best to bring the science and spirituality together still … and … I am making fine progress… in fact, I am so full right now, I haven’t even got time to post most of what I learned in the past month… it will be back to jobs and so on soon… I worked hard though in the meantime.
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Eric, thank you so much for sharing. I am excited to learn more about your knowledge and synthesis.
Peace,
W. Ockham