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Berengar of Tours

998 - 1088

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Berengar of Tours (died 6 January 1088), in Latin Berengarius Turonensis, was an 11th-century French Christian theologian and archdeacon of Angers, a scholar whose leadership of the cathedral school at Chartres set an example of intellectual inquiry through the revived tools of dialectic that was soon followed at cathedral schools of Laon and Paris. Berengar of Tours was distinguished from mainline Catholic theology by two views: his assertion of the supremacy of Scripture and his denial of transubstantiation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Berengar of Tours is the 615th most popular philosopher, the 1,944th most popular biography from France (down from 1,911th in 2019) and the 80th most popular French Philosopher.

Berengar of Tours is most famous for his work in the field of logic. He was one of the first logicians to use the term "syllogism" and he was the first to use the term "conclusion."

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Berengar of Tours ranks 615 out of 1,267. Before him are Conrad Celtes, Eduard Spranger, Silvia Federici, Cebes, Aeschines of Sphettus, and Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi. After him are Friedrich Albert Lange, Pietro d'Abano, Abraham Isaac Kook, Dignāga, Arthur Danto, and Metrodorus of Lampsacus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 998, Berengar of Tours ranks 3. Before him are George Maniakes, and Mas'ud I of Ghazni. After him is Muhammad of Ghazni. Among people deceased in 1088, Berengar of Tours ranks 2. Before him is Nasir Khusraw. After him are Abu Bakr ibn Umar, John Doukas, and Hermann of Salm.

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In France

Among people born in France, Berengar of Tours ranks 1,944 out of 6,770. Before him are Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823), Charlotte of Albret (1480), Heinz Harmel (1906), Germaine Dulac (1882), Elias, Duke of Parma (1880), and Antoine Barnave (1761). After him are Itta of Metz (592), Jacques Roux (1752), Varro Atacinus (-82), Bernard de Tremelay (1100), Charlotte Perriand (1903), and Gabriel Pierné (1863).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Berengar of Tours ranks 80. Before him are Étienne-Gabriel Morelly (1717), Pierre Charron (1541), Georges Canguilhem (1904), Jean Hyppolite (1907), Jacques Ellul (1912), and Henry Corbin (1903). After him are Étienne Balibar (1942), Maurice Blondel (1861), Yves Bonnefoy (1923), Pierre Hadot (1922), Émile Chartier (1868), and Amalric of Bena (1150).

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