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  • Open medieval manuscript showing pages from Hildegard of Bingen's "Scivias" with Latin text on the left page and illuminated miniatures on the right, featuring colorful religious figures in medieval artistic style with gold and red decorative lettering.

    Rock the Convent: Hildegard of Bingen's Concept of Veriditas

    By Caroline Black

    In today's blog post, we will discuss the medieval polymath Hildegard of Bingen and her philosophical concept of veriditas, as well as what we can get from it today. We will also show, through Hildegard, how some of our stereotypes of the Middle Ages are often misguided.
  • Wake Up! You're Being Visited by the First Spirit of Philosophy

    Wake Up! You're Being Visited by the First Spirit of Philosophy

    By Caroline Black

    The second part of the "Philosophy Carol" series in which you are visited by the Spirit of Philosophy Past, glimpsing the history of philosophy while receiving bonks on the head from an ancient tome.