Summary of Charles Freeman's The Closing of the Western Mind

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The fresco in the Carafa Chapel in Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, a Dominican church in Rome, is of the Dominican friar Thomas Aquinas. It shows him crushing a scowling old man beneath his feet, representing evil. The old man is a personification of evil, and he clutches a banner with the Latin inscription Wisdom conquers evil. #2 The triumph of faith depicted in the fresco is a complex concept that involves trust