Juan Luis Vives
Juan Luis Vives · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Renaissance humanist philosopher, of Jewish converso descent
1493, Valencia, Spain — 1540, Bruges, County of Flanders (now Belgium)
Spain (Valencia) · England · Flanders (Bruges, Leuven)
Juan Luis Vives is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Renaissance humanist philosopher, of Jewish converso descent
Juan Luis Vives was a Renaissance humanist philosopher and pioneer of educational reform and early psychology whose 'De anima et vita' examined the emotions before Descartes. He worked in Leuven, England and Bruges and corresponded with Erasmus and Thomas More. He came from a family of Valencian conversos (Jews forced to convert); several relatives, including his father, were persecuted and executed by the Spanish Inquisition — a documented Jewish (converso) ancestry.
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Renaissance humanist philosopher, of Jewish converso descent
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Philosophy
