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Born 1541 • Paris • France
Died November 16, 1603 (aged 62) • Paris • France
Notable Works “Les Trois Vérités” • “On Wisdom”
Subjects Of Study ethics • morality
Yves Congar
French priest
Nicholas Of Autrecourt
French philosopher and theologian
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim
Renaissance scholar
Peter Abelard, with Héloïse, miniature portrait by Jean de Meun, 14th century; in the Musee Conde, Chantilly, France.
Peter Abelard
French theologian and poet
Humbert of Silva Candida
French cardinal
Malebranche
Nicolas Malebranche
French priest
Gerson, engraving
Jean de Gerson
French theologian
Berengar Of Tours
French theologian
Hincmar of Reims
French theologian
William Of Saint-amour
French philosopher
François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon
François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon
French archbishop and writer
Antoine Arnauld
French theologian
Ailly, Pierre d'
Pierre d’Ailly
French cardinal
William of Auxerre
French philosopher
Nicholas Of Clémanges
French theologian
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples
French humanist and theologian
William of Auvergne
French philosopher
Ratramnus
Benedictine theologian
Francis Of Meyronnes
French philosopher
Huet, Pierre-Daniel
Pierre-Daniel Huet
French philosopher and bishop

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