Peter Ramus (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
William Turner · 1913
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Peter Ramus, or Pierre de la Ramée, was a French humanist and logician born at Cuth in Picardy in 1515. Orphaned young and poor, he still graduated Master of Arts at Paris in 1536, defending the thesis that all Aristotle's doctrines are false. That shot at the reigning philosophy set his life's course. His Animadversiones and Dialecticae Institutiones of 1543, in elegant humanist Latin, sharpened the fight.
Paris condemned the books, and a royal committee, after hearing him against Anthony of Govea, judged him rash, arrogant, and impudent, a verdict the king confirmed. Under Henry II and Cardinal Lorraine's protection he became royal lecturer at Navarre in 1547. In 1562 he turned Calvinist. Ten years later, in the St. Bartholomew massacre, his enemies singled him out and killed him with particular cruelty at Paris.
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| CREATOR | William Turner |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |