A report on Francisco Suárez
Spanish Jesuit priest, philosopher and theologian, one of the leading figures of the School of Salamanca movement, and generally regarded among the greatest scholastics after Thomas Aquinas.
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School of Salamanca
5 linksRenaissance of thought in diverse intellectual areas by Spanish theologians, rooted in the intellectual and pedagogical work of Francisco de Vitoria.
Renaissance of thought in diverse intellectual areas by Spanish theologians, rooted in the intellectual and pedagogical work of Francisco de Vitoria.
The leading figures of the school, theologians and jurists Francisco de Vitoria, Domingo de Soto, Martín de Azpilcueta (or Azpilicueta), Tomás de Mercado, and Francisco Suárez, were all scholars of natural law and of morality, who undertook the reconciliation of the teachings of Thomas Aquinas with the new political-economic order.
Natural law
6 linksSystem of law based on a close observation of human nature, and based on values intrinsic to human nature that can be deduced and applied independently of positive law (the express enacted laws of a state or society).
System of law based on a close observation of human nature, and based on values intrinsic to human nature that can be deduced and applied independently of positive law (the express enacted laws of a state or society).
In the 16th century, the School of Salamanca (Francisco Suárez, Francisco de Vitoria, etc.) further developed a philosophy of natural law, and major interpretations were provided by 20th century philosophers such as Jacques Maritain.
Scholasticism
2 linksMedieval school of philosophy that employed a critical organic method of philosophical analysis predicated upon the Aristotelian 10 Categories.
Medieval school of philosophy that employed a critical organic method of philosophical analysis predicated upon the Aristotelian 10 Categories.
Important work in the scholastic tradition has been carried on well past Aquinas's time, for instance by Francisco Suárez and Luis de Molina, and also among Lutheran and Reformed thinkers.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
1 linksGerman polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist and diplomat.
German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist and diplomat.
Leibniz also eagerly read Francisco Suárez, a Spanish Jesuit respected even in Lutheran universities.
Thomism
3 linksPhilosophical and theological school that arose as a legacy of the work and thought of Thomas Aquinas , the Dominican philosopher, theologian, and Doctor of the Church.
Philosophical and theological school that arose as a legacy of the work and thought of Thomas Aquinas , the Dominican philosopher, theologian, and Doctor of the Church.
Eventually, in the 16th century, Thomism found a stronghold on the Iberian Peninsula, through for example the Dominicans Francisco de Vitoria (particularly noteworthy for his work in natural law theory), Domingo de Soto (notable for his work on economic theory), John of St. Thomas, and Domingo Báñez; the Carmelites of Salamanca (i.e., the Salmanticenses); and even, in a way, the newly formed Jesuits, particularly Francisco Suárez, and Luis de Molina.
Hugo Grotius
2 linksDutch humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian, jurist, poet and playwright.
Dutch humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian, jurist, poet and playwright.
For Irwing, Grotius would only repeat the contributions of Thomas Aquinas and Francisco Suárez.
Pope Innocent XI
1 linksHead of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 21 September 1676 to his death on August 12, 1689.
Head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 21 September 1676 to his death on August 12, 1689.
In 1679 he publicly condemned sixty-five propositions, taken chiefly from the writings of Escobar, Suarez and other casuists (mostly Jesuit casuists, who had been heavily attacked by Pascal in his Provincial Letters) as propositiones laxorum moralistarum and forbade anyone to teach them under penalty of excommunication.
Principle of individuation
1 linksCriterion that individuates or numerically distinguishes the members of the kind for which it is given, that is by which we can supposedly determine, regarding any kind of thing, when we have more than one of them or not.
Criterion that individuates or numerically distinguishes the members of the kind for which it is given, that is by which we can supposedly determine, regarding any kind of thing, when we have more than one of them or not.
1266–1308) with his "haecceity" and later, during Renaissance, by Francisco Suárez (1548–1617), Bonaventure Baron (1610–1696) and Leibniz (1646–1716).
Social contract
2 linksTheory or model that originated during the Age of Enlightenment and usually concerns the legitimacy of the authority of the state over the individual.
Theory or model that originated during the Age of Enlightenment and usually concerns the legitimacy of the authority of the state over the individual.
Francisco Suárez (1548–1617), from the School of Salamanca, might be considered an early theorist of the social contract, theorizing natural law in an attempt to limit the divine right of absolute monarchy.
University of Salamanca
1 linksSpanish higher education institution, located in the city of Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León.
Spanish higher education institution, located in the city of Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León.
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