Siger of Brabant c. 1240 – c. 1284
Siger of Brabant (c. 1240 – c. 1284) was a Brabantian philosopher of the Medieval era, associated with Medieval Philosophy, Scholasticism, and Christian Philosophy.
Siger of Brabant was a master of arts at the University of Paris and the leading exponent of Latin Averroism in the thirteenth century. Drawing on the commentaries of Averroes, he defended a strict reading of Aristotle in which the world is eternal and the human intellect is one and the same in all individuals, theses that brought him into conflict with Thomas Aquinas and contributed to the Condemnations of 1270 and 1277. Despite his condemnation by ecclesiastical authority, Dante placed him among the wise spirits of the Heaven of the Sun in the Paradiso, alongside Aquinas himself.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Brabantian
- Era
- Medieval
- Movements
- Medieval Philosophy, Scholasticism, Christian Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Siger of Brabant:
“We follow Aristotle so far as reason allows, and the faith where reason cannot reach.”
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Attributed to Siger of Brabant:
“There is one intellect for all human beings, in which each soul participates.”
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Attributed to Siger of Brabant:
“What is necessary by reason cannot fail to be true within the order of nature.”
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Attributed to Siger of Brabant:
“Philosophy is the discipline of speaking precisely about that which cannot be otherwise.”
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Attributed to Siger of Brabant:
“The eternity of the world cannot be demonstrated, but neither can its temporal beginning.”
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- Siger of Brabant was a Brabantian philosopher of the Medieval era.
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- Siger of Brabant was a master of arts at the University of Paris and the leading exponent of Latin Averroism in the thirteenth century.
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