Actually, Niccolò Machiavelli was a political philosopher and writer, known for his work "The Prince," which discussed political power and leadership. Thomas More was a statesman and humanist, known for his book "Utopia" which critiqued European society. Neither were astronomers or artists, but they were influential figures during the Renaissance in the fields of politics and Humanism.
Modern philosophers, no. If they were, they'd be theologians, or idiots for short.
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A theologian is a student of theology. Theology is the study of God from a religious perspective. Theologians are philosophers of religion; and were often instrumental in the creations and adaptions ofreligious thinking throughout history.
The theologians tried to use christian dogmas to teach philosophy meaning they were trying to establish a relationship between philosophy and religion. But then they met lots of criticism from other philosophers because these were two different contradictory and complex disciplines
He lived from 1285-1328 and was a Franciscan monk. He was one of the leading philosophers-theologians of his time.
Scientists, philosophers and theologians have been puzzling over that for centuries. To date, no one knows.
Philosophy comes from the Greek words philos meaning "love" and sophia meaning "wisdom". Originally philosophers were people who were interested in knowledge of all kinds, and were indistinguishable from scientists. In the Middle Ages, when Europeans did not do much thinking about anything other than religion, philosophers were indistinguishable from theologians. Nowadays, with scientists pursuing their own methods and theologians pursuing theirs, philosophers can be said to be those people who inquire into the fundamental principles of things using carefully disciplined thought and language and the principles of logic. Philosophers grapple with questions such as "What is real?" (Metaphysics), "How do we know things?" (Epistemology), "What does it mean to be good?" (Ethics), "What is beauty?" (Aesthetics) and so on.
It wasn't until later in the Renaissance. The rebirth of the ideas of Plato brought his thinking to art, science, and theology.
Ancient Greek philosophers and theologians debated the concept of zero and the meaning of nothingness. To them, zero may have been undefined. Contemporary mathematicians do not enter into such debates in their roles as mathematicians (which is not to say that some of them may not have night jobs as philisophers or theologians). To mathematicians, zero is very well defined and an important element of mathematics.
The Theologians was created in 1947.
It's Albertus Magnus and Thomas Aquinas. which have led into the complete separation of science and theology.