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It is in the light of Hajnal’s presentation of medieval
writing that we can make more sense of the view of Aquinas
that Socrates and Christ, being teachers, did not connect their
teachings to writing. It is in question 42 of the third part of the
Summa Theologica (that is, textbook of theology) that
Aquinas asks: “Utrum Christus debuerit doctrinam Suam
Scripto tradere?” Aquinas rejects the idea of the learner as a
page that is to be written on—a tabula rasa. He says:
I answer by saying that it is fitting that Christ did not
commit his teaching to writing. First on account of his
own dignity; for the more excellent the teacher, the more
excellent his manner of teaching ought to be. And
therefore it was fitting that Christ, as the most excellent
of teachers, should adopt that manner of teaching
whereby his doctrine would be imprinted on the hearts of