Hugh of St. Victor

Medieval theologian and mystic at the Abbey of St. Victor who argued that all learning — secular and sacred — leads toward the restoration of the divine image in the human soul.

The Didascalicon: a comprehensive handbook for reading and study that integrates secular and sacred learning into a single educational program; all knowledge ultimately serves the restoration of the soul's divine likeness. The historical-literal sense of scripture must be mastered before the allegorical and spiritual senses.