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Gómez Pereira

1500 - 1567

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Gómez Pereira (1500–1567) was a Spanish philosopher, doctor, and natural humanist from Medina del Campo. Pereira worked hard to dispel medieval concepts of medicine and proposed the application of empirical methods; as for his philosophy, it is of the standard direction and his reasonings are a clear precedent of René Descartes. He was the first to propose the famous "Cogito ergo sum", in 1554, commonly attributed to Descartes. He was famous for his practice of medicine, although he had many diverse occupations, such as owning businesses, engineering, and philosophy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gómez Pereira is the 885th most popular philosopher (up from 1,110th in 2019), the 979th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,435th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Spanish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Gómez Pereira ranks 885 out of 1,267. Before him are Hugo Kołłątaj, Alexander Zinoviev, Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Paul de Man, Alain Finkielkraut, and Louis Lavelle. After him are Albrecht Ritschl, Gaudapada, Liu Yuxi, Georges Florovsky, Ernest Nagel, and Antoun Saadeh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Gómez Pereira ranks 38. Before him are Muhammad XIII of Granada, Tielman Susato, Francisco Serrão, Jan Mandijn, Jan Sanders van Hemessen, and Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi. After him are Robert de Nola, Luis de Narváez, Caupolicán, Nuno Tristão, Georg Pencz, and Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón. Among people deceased in 1567, Gómez Pereira ranks 11. Before him are Anne de Montmorency, Michael Stifel, Marin Držić, Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Girolamo Priuli, and Juan Bautista de Toledo. After him are Estácio de Sá, and Ligier Richier.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Gómez Pereira ranks 979 out of 3,355. Before him are Francisco López de Gómara (1511), Ramón Serrano Suñer (1901), Pedro González de Mendoza (1428), Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas (1860), Ibn Hayyan (987), and José Martínez Ruiz (1873). After him are Ricardo María Carles Gordó (1926), Juan Fernández (1536), Abbad II al-Mu'tadid (1012), Lola Anglada (1892), Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma (1553), and Gaspar Cassadó (1897).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, Gómez Pereira ranks 28. Before him are Lubna of Córdoba (922), Domingo de Soto (1494), Melchor Cano (1509), Joseph Albo (1380), Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro (1676), and Francisco Sanches (1550). After him are Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz (1606), Ramiro Ledesma Ramos (1905), Bahya ibn Paquda (1050), Fernando Savater (1947), Jaime Balmes (1810), and Dominicus Gundissalinus (1115).

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