PHILOSOPHER

Justus Lipsius

1547 - 1606

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Justus Lipsius (Joest Lips or Joost Lips; October 18, 1547 – March 23, 1606) was a Flemish Catholic philologist, philosopher, and humanist. Lipsius wrote a series of works designed to revive ancient Stoicism in a form that would be compatible with Christianity. The most famous of these is De Constantia (On Constancy). His form of Stoicism influenced a number of contemporary thinkers, creating the intellectual movement of Neostoicism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Justus Lipsius is the 347th most popular philosopher (down from 332nd in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 101st in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Philosopher.

Justus Lipsius was a 16th century philosopher who is most famous for his work on Stoicism.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Justus Lipsius ranks 347 out of 1,267. Before him are Hunayn ibn Ishaq, Nachmanides, David Strauss, Louis Couturat, Rudolf Otto, and Anne Sullivan. After him are Antonio Negri, Crates of Thebes, Pompeia Plotina, Aristoxenus, Robert Nozick, and Hermann Cohen.

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Among people born in 1547, Justus Lipsius ranks 6. Before him are Miguel de Cervantes, John of Austria, Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Claude of France, and Nicholas Hilliard. After him are Oichi, Stanisław Żółkiewski, Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Mateo Alemán, and Rudolph Goclenius. Among people deceased in 1606, Justus Lipsius ranks 4. Before him are Guy Fawkes, False Dmitry I, and Karel van Mander. After him are Guru Arjan, Alessandro Valignano, Stephen Bocskai, Giovanni Andrea Doria, Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Boşnak Derviş Mehmed Pasha, Turibius of Mogrovejo, and Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Justus Lipsius ranks 110 out of 1,190. Before him are Pieter Claesz (1596), Anne of France (1461), Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601), Guy Verhofstadt (1953), Karel van Mander (1548), and Jacob Obrecht (1457). After him are Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502), Peyo (1928), Jean-Marie Pfaff (1953), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), Elio Di Rupo (1951), and Félicien Rops (1833).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Belgium

Among philosophers born in Belgium, Justus Lipsius ranks 1. After him are Siger of Brabant (1240), Luce Irigaray (1930), Chantal Mouffe (1943), Arnold Geulincx (1624), Henry of Ghent (1217), Franciscus Gomarus (1563), Félix Ravaisson-Mollien (1813), Paul de Man (1919), Alice von Hildebrand (1923), and Michel Weber (1963).

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