Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

[E]ven when we are admonished through a changeable creature, we are but led to the unchangeable Truth; where we learn truly….[W]hen we return from error, it is through knowing; and that we may know, He teacheth us, because He is the Beginning, and speaking unto us. (Confessions; Book XI, Chapter 8)

Which group below is most identified with the concept of "unchangeable Truth"?

a) Thomists
b)Scholastics
c)Aristotelians
d)Neoplatonists

Answer 1

The answer would be D, Neoplatonists

Answer 2

Answer: Neoplatonists

Neoplatonism is a philosophy that emerged in the third century AD. It was also very influential to subsequent thinkers, in particular during the Middle Ages. The dominant idea that connected all Neoplatonists is that reality is derived from a single principle of truth, or "the One." This is similar to the original ideas of Plato, who believed that the Truth was only one which could be known.