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Biography

Name: Siger of Brabant
Birth Date: c. 1240
Death Date: c. 1284
Nationality: French
Ethnicity: German
Gender: Male

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Biography of Siger of Brabant
2,584 words, approx. 9 pages
One of the most important philosophers of the thirteenth century, Siger of Brabant was a pioneer of a radical return to the philosophy of Aristotle. He said that his main philosophical method was to determine as precisely as possible the authentic...


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Siger De Brabant : Medieval France
399 words, approx. 1 pages
(ca. 1240–ca. 1284). A member of the Picard “nation” at Paris, Siger was by 1266 a teaching master of arts in Paris and canon of Saint-Paul, Liège. He was a leading exponent of Aristotle, known largely through the works of...
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Siger of Brabant (C. 1240–C. 1281/1284) Summary
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Siger of Brabant(C. 1240–C. 1281/1284) Of Siger's life, we know very few facts for certain. His exact place of birth remains unknown, as well as the locale and circumstances of his death. (Did he die peacefully in Liege, Belgium, or was...
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Siger of Brabant Information
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Siger de Brabant (also Sigerus, Sighier, Sigieri or Sygerius), (c. 1240 – 1280s), was a 13th century philosopher from the southern Low Countries. He was one of the inventors and major proponents of Averroism. He was considered a radical by the...


News and Journals
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The Review of Metaphysics
Siger and the skeptic.(Critical essay)
12/01/2006: 9,266 words, approx. 31 pages
MOST ASSESSMENTS OF SIGER OF BRABANT'S CONTRIBUTION to philosophy have tended to focus on his adoption of Averroistic noetics, a position he would later renounce, and on his supposed role as the factious leader of a group of "Latin Averroists" within the Faculty...
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World Literature Today
Brabant. (book reviews)
03/22/1996: 511 words, approx. 2 pages
Commissioned in 1869 by King Leopold II to protect Belgian interests in the Congo, the Brabant of the title is one of the last wooden frigates. Outflanked by the steel and steam of the British navy in 1894, it has survived some real...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Christopher J. Ryan
22,641 words, approx. 76 pages
In the following essay, Ryan examines Siger's position on free will and discusses the inadequacies of earlier critical analyses.
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Critical Essay by Edward P. Mahoney
12,335 words, approx. 41 pages
In the following essay, Mahoney discusses Siger in the context of the ideas of Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas, focusing on Averroes's interpretation of Aristotle.
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Critical Essay by Carlos Steel
11,164 words, approx. 37 pages
In the following essay, Steel discusses a commentary by Renaissance philosopher Agostino Nifo on a now-lost work in which Siger defends Averroes's theories concerning the nature of the intellect.
 


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