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> [“There are enough unresolved metaphysical problems in the Categories and the Isagoge (a brilliantly unsuccessful attempt to defuse these problems) to make a logic curriculum based on these works a path to questions in metaphysics and the philosophy of mind.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marenbon/there-are-enough-unresolved-metaphysical-problems-in-the-categories/)

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> [“The earliest medieval logical curriculum, studied from the time of Alcuin’s On Dialectic (late 780s?) until the late tenth century, was based mainly on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marenbon/the-earliest-medieval-logical-curriculum-studied-from-the-time-of/)

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> [“Charlemagne was intimately involved in the new interest in philosophy in his court. One of the earliest, in-part philosophical texts was issued as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marenbon/charlemagne-was-intimately-involved-in-the-new-interest-in-philosophy/)

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> [“philosophizing happened only because other activities offered the occasion or the stimulation for it. What were these activities? They appeared most prominently in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marenbon/philosophizing-happened-only-because-other-activities-offered-the/)

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> [“Charlemagne’s grandson, Charles the Bald, went further in providing a congenial atmosphere for philosophy. The leading philosopher of this period was John Scottus Eriugena,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marenbon/charlemagne-s-grandson-charles-the-bald-went-further-in-providing-a/)

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> [“There are enough unresolved metaphysical problems in the Categories and the Isagoge (a brilliantly unsuccessful attempt to defuse these problems) to make a logic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marenbon/there-are-enough-unresolved-metaphysical-problems-in-the-categories/)

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> [“Philosophizing in medieval Latin Europe began in the eighth century, in the royal court of Charlemagne, then moved in the later ninth century to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marenbon/philosophizing-in-medieval-latin-europe-began-in-the-eighth-century/)

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> [“Paris became the center for twelfth-century philosophy because of the decision to allow any qualified master to set up a school there, on payment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marenbon/paris-became-the-center-for-twelfth-century-philosophy-because-of-the/)

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> [“The terms for the medieval debate on predestination were set by Augustine. He had tried throughout his life to reconcile two conflicting ideas: first,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marenbon/the-terms-for-the-medieval-debate-on-predestination-were-set-by/)

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