Justus Lipsius

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Justus Lipsius was a 16th-century Flemish humanist and classical scholar best known for reviving Stoic philosophy and influencing early modern political thought.

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instanceOf Flemish person
classical scholar
early modern writer
humanist
philosopher
birthDate 1547-10-18
birthName Joost Lips
birthPlace Duchy of Brabant NERFINISHED
Overijse
citizenship Habsburg Netherlands
deathDate 1606-03-23
deathPlace Duchy of Brabant NERFINISHED
Leuven NERFINISHED
educatedAt Catholic University of Leuven
surface form: University of Leuven
employer University of Jena NERFINISHED
University of Leiden NERFINISHED
University of Leuven NERFINISHED
era Early modern philosophy
Renaissance philosophy
fieldOfWork Stoic philosophy
classical philology
political thought
influenced Cardinal Richelieu
European reason-of-state theorists
Hugo Grotius
John Locke
influencedBy Cicero
Seneca the Younger
Stoic philosophers
Tacitus
knownFor development of Neostoicism
influence on early modern political theory
revival of Stoicism
language Dutch
Latin
movement Neostoicism
Renaissance humanism
surface form: Northern Renaissance humanism
name Justus Lipsius self-link
nationality Flemish
notableWork Admiranda sive de magnitudine Romana
De Constantia
De militia Romana
Manuductio ad Stoicam Philosophiam
Physiologia Stoicorum
Politicorum sive civilis doctrinae libri sex
occupation historian
philologist
political theorist
professor
placeOfBurial St. Peter's Church, Leuven
religion Roman Catholicism

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Justus Lipsius building namedAfter Justus Lipsius