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| Thomas Aquinas | 1225-1274. A member of the Dominican Order, he was the most important of the medieval theologians. |
| Aristotle | 384-322 BC. A Greek philosopher, student of Plato and tutor to Alexander the Great. |
| Saint Augustine of Hippo | 354-430. The most influential of the Latin Church Fathers, he was from North Africa. |
| cosmogony | The study of the origins of the universe. |
| demiurge | In Platoism, the demiurge was the creator of the universe. |
| Albert Magnus | 1200-1280. Albert the Great who was an ordained Domincan who taught at the University of Paris. |
| Neoplatonism | A revival of Platonic, Aristotelian and Stoic ideas during the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance. |
| Plato | 429-347 BC. An Athenian, Plato was the student of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle. |
| Roger Bacon | 1214-1292. A Francsican who layed the foundation for the scientific method. |
| Hermeticism | Developed into a search for God and the secrets of the cosmos through mystical and magical means. |
