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Francisco Suárez, SJ (5 January 1548 – 25 September 1617) was a Spanish Jesuit priest, philosopher and theologian, one of the leading figures of the School of Salamanca movement. His work is considered a turning point in the history of second scholasticism, marking the transition from its Renaissance to its Baroque phases.
Francisco Suárez was a Spanish theologian and philosopher, a founder of international law, often considered the most prominent Scholastic philosopher after St. Thomas Aquinas, and the major theologian of the Roman Catholic order, the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).
Jul 21, 2014 · Francisco Suárez (1548–1617) [ 1] was a highly influential philosopher and theologian of the Second Scholastic (or “Early Modern Scholasticism”), that is, the revitalized philosophical and theological inquiry of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, conducted within the tradition shaped by Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus, and other medieval scho...
Francisco Suárez (1548—1617) Sometimes called the “Eminent Doctor” after Paul V’s designation of him as doctor eximius et pius, Francisco Suárez was the leading theological and philosophical light of Spain’s Golden Age, alongside such cultural icons as Miguel de Cervantes, Tomás Luis de Victoria, and El Greco.
Suárez was the major scholastic philosopher of the Jesuits, whose aim was to reform the Catholic Church and counter the Protestant Reformers. After Thomas Aquinas, Suárez is considered one of the greatest medieval scholastic philosophers, and was the leading advocate of Jesuit doctrine.
Mar 22, 2019 · In a narrower sense, the School of Salamanca refers to two or three generations of pupils of Francisco de Vitoria, who was, in effect, the founding father of the school in both the broad and narrow sense.
Jan 26, 2012 · During the seventeenth century the Iberian Jesuit Francisco Suárez was considered one of the greatest philosophers of the age. He was the last great Scholastic thinker and profoundly influenced the thought of his contemporaries within both Catholic and Protestant circles.
Jun 27, 2018 · The Spanish philosopher and theologian Francisco Suárez (1548-1617) taught an eclectic form of scholasticism and laid the first foundations for a theory of international law. Francisco Suárez was born in Granada on Jan. 5, 1548, and studied canon law at the University of Salamanca.
He was so brilliant that, once he had understood the complexities of Philosophy and Theology from Father Martini, he wished to translate into his language the entire work of father Francisco Suárez that Martini had started to translate and explain for him in Chinese.
Oct 28, 2022 · Francisco Suárez, S.J., born in Granada, Spain, in 1548, was perhaps one of the brightest luminaries ever produced by the Society of Jesus. Astonishingly, his early years and youthful academic promise were mediocre at best.
