A text of this type by William of Conches dedicated to Geoffrey Plantagenet exemplifies the Chartres School of philosophy. A commentary on the Book of Job and a set of these texts discussing miracles are the best-preserved theological writings by Gregory the Great. The equivocation of the Holy Spirit with the “World-Soul” came from a reading of a medieval one of these texts that was the only one of its type known in medieval times. Latin thinkers were influenced by an ancient one of these texts that discusses the (*) Demiurge and claims that the four elements correspond to specific geometric shapes. Latin texts in this form such as Anselm’s On Truth employed contrasting student and teacher characters. For 10 points, medieval philosophers studied the Timaeus, what sort of text written by Plato? ■END■
ANSWER: dialogues [accept Platonic dialogues; accept dramas or plays]
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