Ramus, Peter

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• RAMUS, PETER —    or PIERRE DE LA RAMÉE    a French philosopher and humanist, son of poor parents; became a servant in the College of Navarre; devoted his leisure to study, and became a great scholar; attacked scholasticism in a work against Aristotle as the… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Peter Ramus —     Peter Ramus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Peter Ramus     (PIERRE DE LA RAMÉE)     Humanist and logician, b. at Cuth in Picardy, 1515; d. in Paris, 1572. In spite of many difficulties, including poverty and the loss of both his parents at an… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Ramus [2] — Ramus, Peter (eigentlich Pierre de la Ramée), geb. 1515 zu Cuth in Vermandois, studirte im Collegium von Navarra in Paris, wo er anfangs als Bedienter angestellt war, bes. Philosophie; bei seiner Magisterpromotion 1536 bekämpfte er, in der [814]… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

• Petrus Ramus — Petrus Ramus, or Pierre de la Ramée (1515 ndash; August 26, 1572), French humanist, logician, and educational reformer, was born at the village of Cuts in Picardy, a member of a noble but impoverished family: his father was a farmer and his… …   Wikipedia

• Petrus Ramus — Pierre de la Ramée Petrus Ramus (eigentlich Pierre de la Ramée; * 1515 in Cuts bei Soissons; † 24. August 1572 in Paris) war ein französischer Philosoph und Humanist. Inhaltsverzeichnis …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Pierre Ramus — (* 15. April 1882 in Wien; † 27. Mai 1942 auf dem Schiff bei der Atlantiküberfahrt von Marokko nach Veracruz, Mexiko; (Pseudonym für Rudolf Grossmann) war ein Aktivist und Theoretiker des Anarchismus und Pazifismus. Er gilt als bedeutendster… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• PIERRE DE LA RAMÉE —    See RAMUS, PETER …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Pierre de la Rameé — Pierre de la Ramée Petrus Ramus (eigentlich Pierre de la Rameé; * 1515 in Cuts bei Soissons; † 24. August 1572 in Paris) war ein französischer Philosoph und Humanist. Inhaltsverzeichnis …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• logic, history of — Introduction       the history of the discipline from its origins among the ancient Greeks to the present time. Origins of logic in the West Precursors of ancient logic       There was a medieval tradition according to which the Greek philosopher …   Universalium

• education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …   Universalium