disputations
51Tusculanae Quaestiones — The Tusculanae Quaestiones, also known as the Tusculan Disputations, is a series of books written by Cicero, around 45 BC, [King, J., Tusculan Disputations: Introduction . Loeb Classical Library. (1927).] attempting to popularise philosophy in… …
52Disputation of Tortosa — Disputation between Jewish and Christian scholars. Johann von Armssheim, 1483. Woodcut The Disputation of Tortosa, one of the famous disputations between Jews and Christians of the Middle Ages, was held in the years 1413–1414 in the city of… …
53Amafinius — C. (probably Gaius) Amafinius (or Amafanius) was one of the earliest Roman writers in favour of the Epicurean philosophy. He probably lived in the late 2nd century and early 1st century BCE. [Smith, M., (2001), On the Nature of Things , page x.… …
54Stoic Passions — refers to various forms of emotional suffering in Stoicism, a school of Hellenistic philosophy.Primary PassionsThe Stoics named four primary passions. In On Passions , Andronicus reported the Stoic definitions of these passions (trans. Long… …
55Works by Thomas Aquinas — Main article: Thomas Aquinas The works of Thomas Aquinas are tremendous both in number and in philosophical and theological depth. Few philosophers or theologians have written so much of high quality in the amount of time used by St. Thomas: a… …
56Nicholas Donin — (Nicolas Donin) of La Rochelle, a Jewish convert to Christianity in early thirteenth century Paris, is known for his role in the 1240 Disputation of Paris, which resulted in a decree to publicly burn all available manuscripts of the Talmud.[1]… …
57Johann Pistorius — For other people named Johannes Pistorius, see Johannes Pistorius (disambiguation). Johann Pistorius (the Younger) (14 February 1546, Nidda, Hesse – 19 June 1608) was a German controversialist and historian. He is sometimes called Niddanus from… …
58Regius Professor of Civil Law (Oxford) — The Regius Chair of Civil Law, founded in the 1540s, is one of the oldest of the professorships at the University of Oxford.FoundationThe Regius chair of Civil Law at Oxford was founded by King Henry VIII, who established five such Regius… …
59Domingo Báñez — Domingo Bañez[1] (29 February 1528, Valladolid 22 October 1604, Medina del Campo) was a Spanish Dominican and Scholastic theologian. The qualifying Mondragonensis, attached to his name, seems to be a patronymic after his father John Bañez of… …
60John Percy — (Piercey; alias John Fisher) (born at Holmeside, Durham, 27 September1569; died at London, 3 December1641) was an English Jesuit priest and controversialist.LifeA Catholic convert aged 14, he went first to Reims, in 1586, then to the English… …
