Fr. Richard Munkelt tackles the most burning philosophical question of the High and Late Middle Ages: the relationship of individual things to universal ideas. This subject became more heated at the time due to the rediscovery of Roman Law, Aristotle, the work of Aristotle's Arab commentators, and many other factors. Much of what was learned conflicted with Platonic concepts passed down to the medievals through the work of St. Augustine. Fr. Munkelt discusses all of the problems involved and their tremendous significance for society at large as well as for theology and philosophy. Taken from: Christianity in the High Middle Ages - 1995 VonHildebrand Institute