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medieval thought  

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  • Medieval thinkers who grappled with the idea of poverty faced a difficult incongruity. On one hand, most of these thinkers came from religious traditions that taught, in some sense, the concept of social equality. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Medieval Thought]

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