User:Kjhrdt/Thomas Bradwardine

Boyer also writes that "the works of Bradwardine had contained some fundamentals of trigonometry gleaned from Muslim sources".

Al-Kindi in particular seemed to influence Bradwardine, though it is unclear whether this was directly or indirectly. Nonetheless, Bradwardine's work bares many similarities to the work of Al-Kindi, Quia primos (or De Gradibus).

Early Life
Sources vary about Thomas Bradwardines early life before receiving his degree in 1321, his exact date of birth is unknown but sources point to a date between 1290 and 1300. His place of birth is also unknown but some sources point to it being near Chichester, Sussex, or Harfield. The first concrete sources of his do not appear until he receives his degree in 1321 from Balloil College, Oxford. Thomas Bradwardine becomes a Fellow of Merton College in Oxford. Being awarded his B.A. in August of 1321. Bradwardine would stay at Merton College until the year of 1333, when he was appointed Canon of Lincoln, and in 1337 he was appointed the chaplain of St. Paul's Cathedral. His involvement with the ecclesiastical begun in Spetember of 1333, when he was made the Canon of Lincoln, it is less corroborated by sources but it is stated that Bradwardine may have been the Bishop of Durham between 1335 and 1337. It is rumored that this move to Durham helped put him into Contact with Edward The Third, which would lead to his eventual appointment of Chaplain of St. Paul's Cathedral In London.

He acquired several degrees from Oxford, it is presumed he acquired them on these dates: B.A. by August of 1321, an M.A. by 1323, a B.Th by 133, and a D.Th by 1348.

Bradwardine helped revive Augustinian Theology during his time in the fourteenth century. Writing documents on several different subjects that included but were not limited too, speculative arithmetic, geometry, and memory of the human mind. Bradwardine would later write on and reject the belief the God is able to know future events and contingents to those events. Rejecting William of Ockhams belief to the contrary, Bradwardine was theologian along with his studies of natural philosophy. Accepting the idea of predestination, suggesting that all evil acts of [Humans] will are due to god. Stating that providence goes hand in hand with predestination theory, rejecting the idea that humans would be able to due any good on their own volition but rather they act according to gods will. Bradwardine would go on to write that free will and predestination theory are not mutually exclusive but rather that they can co-exist with each other, and do in fact co-exist in each other but only according to the will of god. Which goes along with the theory of Augustinian Theology.

Scientific Studies
Bradwardine attempted to reconcile contradictions in physics, where he largely adopted Aristotle's description of the physical universe.

Inspiration to Others
Orseme followed Bardwardines idea of mechanics. Takahashi interpreted Bradwardine's Notion of Rations in a new way.