Thinkers of the Medieval Period
Genghis Khan
1162 – 1227
Militaryquotes
Genghis Khan, also known as Chinggis Khan, was the founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire. After spending most of his life uniting the Mongol tribes, he launched a series of military campaigns, conquering large parts of China and Central Asia.
Be of one mind and one faith, that you may conquer your enemies and lead long and happy lives.
Minhaj-i-Siraj
1193 – 1260
Historyquotes
The right hand of the empire, Mahmud Sultan, son of Nasir-ud-Din Subuk-Tigin, Breaker of Idols.
Albertus Magnus
1193 – 1280
Philosophyquotes
Natural science does not consist in ratifying what others have said, but in seeking the causes of phenomena.
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.
In the Buddha’s teaching, unless you cast away body and life, there can be no realization of benefit.
Pope Innocent III
1160 – 1216
Religionquotes
Pope Innocent III was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Papal States from 8 January 1198 until his death in 1216.
Robert Grosseteste
1175 – 1253
Religionquotes
Robert Grosseteste, also known as Robert Greathead or Robert of Lincoln, was an English statesman, scholastic philosopher, theologian, scientist and Bishop of Lincoln. He was born of humble parents in Suffolk, but the association with the village of Stradbroke is a post-medieval tradition. Upon his death, he was revered as a saint in England, but attempts to procure a formal canonisation failed.
Francis Seymour Stevenson, Robert Grosseteste: Bishop of Lincoln
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
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
Words from October 31
"Be of one mind and one faith, that you may conquer your enemies and lead long and happy lives."
Genghis Khan
1162
"The right hand of the empire, Mahmud Sultan, son of Nasir-ud-Din Subuk-Tigin, Breaker of Idols."
Minhaj-i-Siraj
1193
"Turks of pure lineage and Tajiks of noble birth could not tolerate … the tribes of Hind to rule over them."
Minhaj-i-Siraj
1193
"Natural science does not consist in ratifying what others have said, but in seeking the causes of phenomena."
Albertus Magnus
1193
"In the Buddha’s teaching, unless you cast away body and life, there can be no realization of benefit."
Ippen
1239
"Francis Seymour Stevenson, Robert Grosseteste: Bishop of Lincoln"
Robert Grosseteste
1175