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- Siger of Brabant (Sigerus, Sighier, Sigieri or Sygerius de Brabantia; c. 1240 – before 10 November 1284) was a 13th-century philosopher from the southern Low Countries who was an important proponent of Averroism.
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Siger of Brabant (Sigerus, Sighier, Sigieri or Sygerius de Brabantia; c. 1240 – before 10 November 1284) was a 13th-century philosopher from the southern Low Countries who was an important proponent of Averroism.
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Siger de Brabant (born c. 1240, duchy of Brabant—died between 1281 and 1284, Orvieto, Tuscany) was a professor of philosophy at the University of Paris and a leading representative of the school of radical, or heterodox, Aristotelianism, which arose in Paris when Latin translations of Greek and Arabic works in philosophy introduced new ...
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Siger was the adversary of Albertus Magnus and of St. Thomas Aquinas, "contra praecipuos viros Albertum et Thomam". His principal work (De anima intellectiva) called forth St. Thomas's treatise on the unity of the intellect (De unitate intellectus contra Averroistas).
Jun 8, 2018 · SIGER OF BRABANT. Aristotelian and Averroist philosopher; b. Duchy of Brabant, c. 1240; d. Orvieto, between 1281 and 1284. He was a secular cleric and canon of St. Paul in Li è ge. Life. After studying the liberal arts in Paris, Siger became master of arts and taught philosophy at the university. In 1266 he was cited by the papal legate, Simon ...
Siger de Brabant (also Sigerus, Sighier, Sigieri, or Sygerius), (c. 1240 – 1280s), a thirteenth-century philosopher from the southern Low Countries, was one of the inventors and major proponents of Averroism.
Averroist philosopher. By 1266 he was teaching in Paris. He was involved in the condemnation of thirteen errors by the Bp. of Paris in 1270 and in that year St Thomas Aquinas wrote his De Unitate Intellectus contra Averroistas, which was directed chiefly against him.
Siger of Brabant (Sigerus, Sighier, Sigieri or Sygerius de Brabantia; c. 1240 – before 10 November 1284) was a 13th-century philosopher from the southern Low Countries who was an important proponent of Averroism.
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