ABSTRACT
The scientia of the schools, which we met in the last chapter, included interpretations of some parts of Greek philosophy. The men of the schools saw that the Greeks had discussed something that emerged in Latin translation as natura, 'nature' in one sense or another. There were dangers here for a Christian society, for 'nature' in Greek philosophy often had characteristics attributed to God in the twelfth-century West and was often used to designate some sort of autonomous principle. Let us see how the problem started.
