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Bradwardine, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Bradwardine, ThomasBradwardine, Thomasbrădˈwərdēn [key], c.1295–1349, English mathematician, natural philosopher, and theologian. He was chaplain to Edward III (c.1338) and later…Sponde, Jean de
(Encyclopedia) Sponde, Jean deSponde, Jean dezhäN də spôNd [key], 1557–95, French poet and humanist. He held various posts in the court of Henry IV but died destitute because of his reckless nature.…Gassendi, Pierre
(Encyclopedia) Gassendi, PierreGassendi, Pierrepyĕr gäsäNdēˈ [key], 1592–1655, French philosopher and scientist. A teacher and priest, Gassendi taught at Digne, Aix, and the Royal College at Paris…Vanini, Lucilio
(Encyclopedia) Vanini, LucilioVanini, Luciliol&oomacr;chēˈlyō vänēˈnē [key], c.1585–1619, Italian philosopher, who gave himself the name Julius Caesar. A freethinker, he was persecuted for his…Theophrastus
(Encyclopedia) TheophrastusTheophrastusthēˌōfrăsˈtəs [key] [Gr.,=divinely speaking], c.372–c.287 b.c., Greek philosopher, Aristotle's successor as head of the Peripatetics. The school flourished…scholasticism
(Encyclopedia) scholasticismscholasticismskōlăsˈtĭsĭzəm [key], philosophy and theology of Western Christendom in the Middle Ages. Virtually all medieval philosophers of any significance were…Amalric of Bena
(Encyclopedia) Amalric of BenaAmalric of Benaəmălˈrĭk, ăˈməlrĭk, [key]Amalric of Benabēˈnə [key], d. 1207?, French professor of philosophy. He taught heretical precepts concerning God, a pantheistic…essence
(Encyclopedia) essence, in philosophy, the nature of a thing. Aristotle maintained that there is a distinction between the form of a thing—its intelligible, verbally formulable character—and the…Notker Labeo
(Encyclopedia) Notker LabeoNotker Labeonōtˈkər [key]Notker Labeoläˈbēō [key], c.950–1022, German monk, also known as Teŭtonĭcus. He was a teacher at St. Gall. Notker translated into Old High German…Diogenes of Apollonia
(Encyclopedia) Diogenes of ApolloniaDiogenes of Apolloniadīŏjˈənēz [key]Diogenes of Apolloniaăpəlōˈnēə [key], 5th cent. b.c., Greek philosopher. An eclectic, he reverted to the Milesian tradition of…Trending
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