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Domingo de Soto

1494 - 1560

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Domingo de Soto (1494 – 15 November 1560) was a Spanish Dominican priest and Scholastic theologian and naturalist born in Segovia (Spain), and died in Salamanca (Spain), at the age of 66. He is best known as one of the founders of international law and of the Spanish Thomistic philosophical and theological movement known as the School of Salamanca. He is also known for his contributions to mechanical physics: His works on mechanics and gravity, which he presented in his book "Physicorum Aristotelis quaestiones", in 1551, served as the basis for Galileo's and Isaac Newton studies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Domingo de Soto is the 789th most popular philosopher (up from 860th in 2019), the 805th most popular biography from Spain (up from 917th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Spanish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Domingo de Soto ranks 789 out of 1,267. Before him are Anthony Collins, Symon Budny, Lubna of Córdoba, Abhinavagupta, Theodor Lipps, and Nisargadatta Maharaj. After him are Eric Hoffer, Motoori Norinaga, Gilbert Simondon, Mykhailo Drahomanov, Philippa Foot, and Henry of Ghent.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1494, Domingo de Soto ranks 20. Before him are William Tyndale, Oronce Finé, Antonio de Mendoza, Francesco Maurolico, Christina Gyllenstierna, and Saitō Dōsan. After him are Hans Tausen, Pierre Attaingnant, Ambrosius Holbein, Johannes Agricola, Qiu Ying, and Alonso Álvarez de Pineda. Among people deceased in 1560, Domingo de Soto ranks 11. Before him are Mary of Guise, Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Anastasia Romanovna, Joachim du Bellay, Imagawa Yoshimoto, and Stańczyk. After him are Melchor Cano, Jean du Bellay, Jan Mandijn, Philip I, Duke of Pomerania, Jan Łaski, and Nicolas Gombert.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Domingo de Soto ranks 805 out of 3,355. Before him are Juan de Garay (1528), Lubna of Córdoba (922), Francisco de Bobadilla (1500), Achraf Hakimi (1998), Ricardo Viñes (1875), and Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji (1200). After him are Sunyer, Count of Barcelona (900), Francisco Álvarez Martínez (1925), Nasr of Granada (1287), Joaquín Peiró (1936), Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (null), and Juvencus (400).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, Domingo de Soto ranks 23. Before him are Francisco de Vitoria (1483), Francisco Ferrer (1859), Hasdai Crescas (1340), Luis de Molina (1535), María Zambrano (1904), and Lubna of Córdoba (922). After him are Melchor Cano (1509), Joseph Albo (1380), Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro (1676), Francisco Sanches (1550), Gómez Pereira (1500), and Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz (1606).

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