From Rational Inquiry to Sacred Insight: The Role of Religion in Augustine’s Views on Liberal Education
Jeong-In Lee,
Jangwan Ko
Abstract:This paper examines the role of religion in liberal education based on the Christian thinker St. Augustine. In his early work, On Order, Augustine posited that through rational inquiry, as epitomized by rational knowledge learned by the trivium and the quadrivium, one can understand the order of the world and eventually obtain divine truth. However, in On True Religion, he withdraws from this position and instead emphasizes that rational knowledge has three limitations: First, regarding the foundation of knowl… Show more
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