Abstract
It has been frequently considered that medieval philosophy was naively realistic with no traces of criticism, having forgotten Greek scepticism which had questioned the basis and the scope of human knowledge. It should not be forgotten, however, that one of the most influential thinkers during the Middle Ages was Augustine of Hippo: when he adopted the philosophy of the Platonic Academy, which then had a modality called academic scepticism, he went through a period of scepticism. Augustine, with this Christian Platonism, was probably not intentionally, one of those who favored what is called scepticism — provoking it in medieval philosophers — thought to be so alien from lack of confidence and suspicion of human intellect.
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