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
Minhaj-i-Siraj
1193 – 1260
Historyquotes
The right hand of the empire, Mahmud Sultan, son of Nasir-ud-Din Subuk-Tigin, Breaker of Idols.
Ramon Llull
1232 – 1316
Philosophyquotes
Ramon Llull, sometimes anglicized as Raymond Lully, was a Mallorcan Catholic philosopher, theologian, poet, missionary, apologist and former knight. He invented a philosophical system known as the Art, conceived as a type of universal logic to prove the truth of Christian doctrine to interlocutors of all faiths and nationalities. The Art consists of a set of general principles and combinatorial operations.
Raymund Lull: First Missionary to the Muslims by Samuel M. Zwemer
Ippen
1239 – 1289
Religionquotes
Ippen Shōnin (一遍上人) 1234/9–1289 was a Japanese Buddhist itinerant preacher (hijiri) whose movement, the Ji-shū became one of the major currents of medieval Japanese Pure Land Buddhism.
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
William of Ockham
1287 – 1347
Religionquotes
William of Ockham or Occam was an English Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher, apologist, and theologian, who was born in Ockham, a small village in Surrey. He is considered to be one of the major figures of medieval thought and was at the centre of the major intellectual and political controversies of the 14th century. He is widely known for Occam's razor, the methodological principle that bears his name, and also produced significant works on logic, physics and theology.
Dialogus, text translation and studies at British Academy, UK
Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi
1207 – 1273
Literaturequotes
Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, commonly known as Rumi, was a Sufi mystic, poet, and founder of the Islamic brotherhood known as the Mevlevi Order. Rumi is an influential figure in Sufism, and his thought and works loom large both in Persian literature and mystic poetry in general. Today, his translated works are enjoyed all over the world.
Official website of the family of Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi
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 1
"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
"The right hand of the empire, Mahmud Sultan, son of Nasir-ud-Din Subuk-Tigin, Breaker of Idols."
Minhaj-i-Siraj
1193
"Raymund Lull: First Missionary to the Muslims by Samuel M. Zwemer"
Ramon Llull
1232
"Henry Morley, English Writers. V.1, Pts. 1-2; 2, Volume 2, Issue 1"
Thomas Bradwardine
1300
"Dialogus, text translation and studies at British Academy, UK"
William of Ockham
1287