The need for a source of authority is imperative in modern egalitarian, inherently anarchis- tic society. Christians can agree most with Weaver's discussion of monern egotism in work ano art. Learning in the Middle Ages, on the other hand. Weaver's favorite is the medieval doctor of philosophy. For him, the virtuous ife was an avoidance of extremes, a middle course between contraries considerea harmful.
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A ife accommodated to this world . Ockham's view prevailed, a facr in which Weaver sees the root cause of modern materialism- empiricism. Tnomas Aquinas was God's true and faithful son. It would oe to make civilizat on a god above God. The fallacies of Ideas Hove Consequences are shored by many critics of Western Society today.