Pedro da Fonseca

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Pedro da Fonseca was a 16th-century Portuguese Jesuit philosopher and theologian, often called the "Portuguese Aristotle" for his influential work in logic and metaphysics within the scholastic tradition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jesuit
human
philosopher
scholastic philosopher
theologian
centuryOfActivity 16th century
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1528
dateOfDeath 1599
educatedAt University of Coimbra NERFINISHED
employer University of Coimbra NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Portuguese NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork logic
metaphysics
philosophy
theology
influenced Francisco Suárez NERFINISHED
Jesuit scholasticism
influencedBy Aristotle
Francisco de Vitoria NERFINISHED
Thomas Aquinas NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
Portuguese
mainInterest Aristotelian philosophy NERFINISHED
logic
metaphysics
natural philosophy
memberOf Society of Jesus NERFINISHED
movement Scholasticism NERFINISHED
name Pedro da Fonseca NERFINISHED
notableFor commentaries on Aristotle
contributions to Jesuit scholastic philosophy
work on logic and metaphysics
notableNickname Portuguese Aristotle NERFINISHED
notableWork Commentarii in libros De anima Aristotelis NERFINISHED
Commentarii in libros Metaphysicorum Aristotelis NERFINISHED
Commentarii in libros Physicorum Aristotelis NERFINISHED
Institutionum Dialecticarum libri octo NERFINISHED
Isagoge philosophica NERFINISHED
Scholia in Summulam Petri Hispani NERFINISHED
occupation Catholic priest
philosopher
theologian
partOf Second Scholasticism NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Proença-a-Nova NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Lisbon NERFINISHED
positionHeld Jesuit provincial
censor of books
professor of philosophy
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
sexOrGender male

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