▁influenced ▁by ▁An sel m ▁of ▁Can ter bury ▁( 1 0 3 3 – 1 1 0 9 ) ▁from ▁the ▁redis cover y ▁of ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁Arist ot le , ▁at ▁first ▁indirect ly ▁through ▁Med ieval ▁Jewish ▁and ▁Muslim ▁Philosoph y ▁( Ma imon ides , ▁Av ic en na , ▁and ▁A ver ro es ) ▁and ▁then ▁through ▁Arist ot le ' s ▁own ▁works ▁brought ▁back ▁from ▁By z antine ▁and ▁Muslim ▁libraries ; ▁and ▁those ▁whom ▁he ▁influenced , ▁most ▁not ably ▁Albert us ▁Magn us , ▁Bon av ent ure ▁and ▁Ab él ard . ▁Many ▁sch ol ast ics ▁believed ▁in ▁empir ic ism ▁and ▁supporting ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁do ctr ines ▁through ▁sec ular ▁study , ▁reason , ▁and ▁logic . ▁They ▁opposed ▁Christian ▁myst ic ism , ▁and ▁the ▁Pl aton ist - August in ian ▁belief ▁that ▁the ▁mind ▁is ▁an ▁imm aterial ▁subst ance . ▁The ▁most ▁famous ▁of ▁the ▁sch ol ast ics ▁was ▁Thomas ▁Aqu inas ▁( l ater ▁declared ▁a ▁" Do ctor ▁of ▁the ▁Church "), ▁who ▁led ▁the ▁move ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁Plat onic ▁and ▁August in ian ▁and ▁towards ▁Arist ot elian ism . ▁Aqu inas ▁developed ▁a ▁philosophy ▁of ▁mind ▁by ▁writing ▁that ▁the ▁mind ▁was ▁at ▁birth ▁a ▁tab ula ▁r asa ▁(" blank ▁sl ate ") ▁that ▁was ▁given ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁think ▁and ▁recognize ▁forms ▁or ▁ideas ▁through ▁a ▁divine ▁spark . ▁Other ▁notable ▁sch ol ast ics ▁included ▁Muhammad