PHILOSOPHER

Juan Luis Vives

1492 - 1540

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Juan Luis Vives y March (Spanish: [ˈbiβes]; Latin: Joannes Ludovicus Vives; Catalan: Joan Lluís Vives i March; Dutch: Jan Ludovicus Vives; 6 March 1493 – 6 May 1540) was a Spanish (Valencian) scholar and Renaissance humanist who spent most of his adult life in the southern Habsburg Netherlands. His beliefs on the soul, insight into early medical practice, and perspective on emotions, memory and learning earned him the title of the "father" of modern psychology. Vives was the first to shed light on some key ideas that established how psychology is perceived today. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juan Luis Vives is the 332nd most popular philosopher (up from 354th in 2019), the 231st most popular biography from Spain (up from 257th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Spanish Philosopher.

Juan Luis Vives was a Spanish philosopher and theologian who was most famous for his work on the nature of human beings.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Juan Luis Vives ranks 332 out of 1,267. Before him are G. E. Moore, Uriel da Costa, Hugh of Saint Victor, Giovanni Gentile, Isaac Abarbanel, and Asanga. After him are Martianus Capella, Han Yu, Jacobus Arminius, Nicolai Hartmann, Alexandre Kojève, and Judith Butler.

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Among people born in 1492, Juan Luis Vives ranks 4. Before him are Marguerite de Navarre, Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, and Pietro Aretino. After him are Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Elizabeth Tudor, Andrea Alciato, John II, Count Palatine of Simmern, Sabina of Bavaria, Jean du Bellay, Martín de Azpilcueta, and Adam Ries. Among people deceased in 1540, Juan Luis Vives ranks 7. Before him are John Zápolya, Parmigianino, Rosso Fiorentino, Angela Merici, Thomas Cromwell, and Francesco Guicciardini. After him are Tristão da Cunha, Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Dawit II, Guillaume Budé, Joos van Cleve, and Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan Luis Vives ranks 231 out of 3,355. Before him are Antoni Tàpies (1923), Elizabeth of Portugal (1271), Javier Bardem (1969), Adolfo Suárez (1932), Petronilla of Aragon (1136), and Alonso de Ojeda (1466). After him are Reccared I (510), Fernando Sor (1778), Alfonso the Battler (1073), Alfonso III of Aragon (1265), Kane (1967), and María Isabella of Spain (1789).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, Juan Luis Vives ranks 13. Before him are Miguel de Unamuno (1864), Baltasar Gracián (1601), Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021), Francisco Suárez (1548), Abraham ibn Ezra (1089), and Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240). After him are Nachmanides (1194), Pompeia Plotina (65), George Santayana (1863), Francisco de Vitoria (1483), Francisco Ferrer (1859), and Hasdai Crescas (1340).

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