1. Education in the High Middle Ages  Listen to the recording of a father’s feelings about his son’s education.  Does the father value education- why or why not?

2. Universities  Paris Model vs. Bologna model- how different?  Campus  Degrees offered  Length of study  What was a class actually like? What was their school day like?

3. Medieval Education Medieval Education  Students enjoyed an unusual privilege at this time- what was it?  Once you became well versed in a topic, what was your responsibility (HINT: Think guilds here)

4. St. Thomas Aquinas  Patron saint of students and universities  Born in 1226 (Jan. 28 th is his feast day)  Joined Dominican Order at age 17  Studied at Naples, Paris, and Cologne; earned a PhD at age 31  Because of vernacular books he studied Aristotle and other Greek thinkers  Regarded as one of the great Catholic thinkers of all time

5. Quotes Aquinas quotes Aquinas quotes Aquinas quotes  Beware of the person of one book.  Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the Church teaches.  Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need.  Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.  In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention.  There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

6. 3 Minute Philosophy Lesson  YouTube - Three Minute Philosophy: Thomas Aquinas YouTube - Three Minute Philosophy: Thomas Aquinas YouTube - Three Minute Philosophy: Thomas Aquinas  According to Aquinas then, what is the relationship b/t faith and reason?