Thinkers of the Medieval Period
Dante Alighieri
1265 – 1321
Literaturequotes
Dante Alighieri, widely known mononymously as Dante, was an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.
Sì lungiamente m'ha tenuto Amore e costumato a la sua segnoria
Walter Hilton
1340 – 1396
Literaturequotes
Walter Hilton, Can. Reg. was an English Augustinian mystic, whose works gained influence in 15th-century England and Wales.
What is humility but truthfulness? There is no real difference.
Nicole Oresme
1320 – 1382
Philosophyquotes
Nicole Oresme, also known as Nicolas Oresme, Nicholas Oresme, or Nicolas d'Oresme, was a French philosopher of the later Middle Ages. He wrote influential works on economics, mathematics, physics, astrology, astronomy, philosophy, and theology. He was Bishop of Lisieux, a translator, a counselor of King Charles V of France, and one of the most original thinkers of 14th-century Europe.
Jan Hus
1370 – 1415
Religionquotes
Jan Hus, sometimes anglicized as John Goose or John Huss, and referred to in historical texts as Iohannes Hus or Johannes Huss, was a Czech theologian and philosopher who became a Church reformer and the inspiration of Hussitism, a key predecessor to Protestantism, and a seminal figure in the Bohemian Reformation. Hus is considered to be the first Church reformer, even though some designate the theorist John Wycliffe. His teachings had a strong influence, most immediately in the approval of a reformed Bohemian religious denomination and, over a century later, on Martin Luther.
It is impossible that Christendom finds its peace in God's will, if the priesthood is not being called to order.
Catherine of Siena
1347 – 1380
Literaturequotes
Saint Catherine of Siena: text with concordances and frequency list
Thomas Bradwardine
1300 – 1349
Religionquotes
Thomas Bradwardine was an English cleric, scholar, mathematician, physicist, courtier and, very briefly, Archbishop of Canterbury. As a celebrated scholastic philosopher and doctor of theology, he is often called Doctor Profundus.
Henry Morley, English Writers. V.1, Pts. 1-2; 2, Volume 2, Issue 1
Ibn Khaldun
1332 – 1406
Economicsquotes
Ibn Khaldun was an Arab scholar, historian, philosopher, and sociologist. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest social scientists of the Middle Ages, and is considered by a number of scholars to be a major forerunner of historiography, sociology, economics, and demography studies.
All the sciences came to exist in Arabic. The systematic works on them were written in Arabic writing.
John Ruysbroeck
1293 – 1381
Literaturequotes
Jan van Ruysbroek is the name of:John of Ruusbroec, Flemish scholar and mystic Jan van Ruysbroeck (architect), Flemish architect
We behold that which we are, and we are that which we behold.
Words from November 3
"Sì lungiamente m'ha tenuto Amore e costumato a la sua segnoria"
Dante Alighieri
1265
"Ella è quanto de ben pò far natura;per essemplo di lei bieltà si prova."
Dante Alighieri
1265
"What is humility but truthfulness? There is no real difference."
Walter Hilton
1340
"I desire the love of God not because I am worthy, but because I am unworthy."
Walter Hilton
1340
"It is impossible that Christendom finds its peace in God's will, if the priesthood is not being called to order."
Jan Hus
1370
"Saint Catherine of Siena: text with concordances and frequency list"
Catherine of Siena
1347