Which Statement Best Characterizes the Views of Most Medieval Scholastics

question 54

Multiple Choice

Which statement best characterizes the views of most medieval scholastics, including Thomas Aquinas?

• A) Human reason can only flow from truths emanating from divine illumination.
• B) Since the world is orderly, human beings can understand many parts of it through rational thought.
• C) God bestowed only certain individuals with the ability to understand the world and endowed them with a mission of enlightenment.
• D) Our knowledge of things is but a pale representation of eternal truths or forms.

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