Biography:John Versor
John Versor (Latin: Johannes Versoris, French: Jean Letourneur)[1] (died c.1485) was a French Dominican, known as a Thomist philosopher and commentator on Aristotle.[2][3]
He was Rector of the University of Paris in 1458.[4]
Works
Though traditionally Versor has often been considered a Thomist, more recent studies show his dependence on both Thomas Aquinas and Albert the Great, and evidence suggests that, by his contemporaries, Versor was regarded as an authority of his own.[5] Insofar as he can be regarded as a Thomist, his position represents an interesting, pre-Cajetan version of Thomism.[6] His commentaries covered most of the works of Aristotle, and his textbooks were very widely circulated in the period 1470 to 1520.[7]
A large part of his questions on Aristotle and Aquinas was translated into Hebrew by Eli Habillo, during the 1470s.[8] Questions on Aristotle were printed in a number of editions at Cologne, from 1485 onwards.[9]
Notes
- ↑ Also Joannes Versoris, Jean Versor, Polish: Jan Wersor.
- ↑ Risto Saarinen (30 June 2011). Weakness of Will in Renaissance and Reformation Thought. Oxford University Press. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-19-960681-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=-PH_mo5n1G0C&pg=PA63. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ↑ C. B. Schmitt; Quentin Skinner; Eckhard Kessler; Jill Kraye (20 September 1990). The Cambridge History of Renaissance Philosophy. Cambridge University Press. pp. 839–. ISBN 978-0-521-39748-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=jJnyxg3xxTEC&pg=PA839. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ↑ David C. Lindberg (22 April 1996). Theories of Vision from Al-kindi to Kepler. University of Chicago Press. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-226-48235-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=-8A_auBvyFoC&pg=PA138. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ↑ Pepijn Rutten, "Secundum processum et mentem Versoris: John Versor and His Relation to the Schools of Thought Reconsidered", in: Vivarium 43 (2005), 292-336.
- ↑ Stanislav Sousedík (2009). Philosophie der frühen Neuzeit in den böhmischen Ländern. Frommann-Holzboog. ISBN 9783772824784. https://books.google.com/books?id=W7NmPgAACAAJ.
- ↑ Charles Schmitt (1 July 1983). John Case and Aristotelianism in Renaissance England. McGill-Queens. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-7735-1005-0. https://archive.org/details/johncasearistote0000schm. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ↑ Mauro Zonta (11 April 2006). Hebrew Scholasticism in the Fifteenth Century: A History and Source Book. Springer. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-4020-3715-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=NSB9stBJmGsC&pg=PA20. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ↑ Gregor Reisch; Andrew Cunningham; Sachiko Kusukawa (15 July 2010). Natural Philosophy Epitomised: A Translation of Books 8-11 of Gregor Reisch's Philosophical Pearl (1503). Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. pp. lxi–ii. ISBN 978-0-7546-0612-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=srgjhIJU2wkC&pg=PR61. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
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