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Albertus Magnus: The Doctor Universalis, Natura...
Last Updated: March 2026, Article updated with current scholarship on Albert's natural science and the alchemy attribution question. Quick Answer Albertus Magnus (c. 1200-1280), called the "Doctor Universalis," was the...
Gnostic Christianity: The Hidden Gospel Within ...
Quick Answer Gnostic Christianity was a diverse movement of the 1st-4th centuries CE that understood Jesus as a revealer of hidden spiritual knowledge (gnosis), not primarily a sacrificial savior. It...
Duns Scotus: Haecceity, Univocity of Being, and...
Last Updated: March 2026, Content reviewed and expanded with new scholarship on Scotus's influence on Heidegger, Peirce, and Deleuze. Quick Answer John Duns Scotus (c.1265-1308), called the "Subtle Doctor," is...
Collective Unconscious: Jung's Concept and Its ...
Quick Answer The collective unconscious is Carl Jung's term for the deepest layer of the psyche, shared across all humanity and containing universal patterns called archetypes -- the Shadow, Self,...
Platonic Philosophy: The Complete Guide to Plat...
Quick Answer Platonic philosophy holds that the material world is a shadow of a higher realm of eternal, perfect Forms. The highest Form is the Good -- equivalent to the...
Anselm of Canterbury: The Ontological Argument,...
Last Updated: March 2026, Content reviewed and expanded with the investiture controversy, De libertate arbitrii, and Steiner's GA 18 discussion of faith and reason in Anselm. Quick Answer Anselm of...