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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).
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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...
Learn about the life and work of Francisco Suárez, the leading theological and philosophical light of Spain’s Golden Age. Explore his scholastic style, his via media approach, his views on political authority, and his influence on early modern philosophy.
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.
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.
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Dec 16, 2023 · Francisco Suárez (1548–1617) was born in Granada, the son of a wealthy Granadian family and a nephew of Francisco de Toledo, the future Jesuit cardinal. He was the second of eight brothers and sisters, from which six devoted themselves to religion.
