PHILOSOPHER

Arnaldus de Villa Nova

1240 - 1311

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Arnaldus de Villa Nova (also called Arnau de Vilanova, Arnaldus Villanovanus, Arnaud de Ville-Neuve or Arnaldo de Villanueva, c. 1240–1311) was a physician and a religious reformer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arnaldus de Villa Nova has received more than 106,278 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Arnaldus de Villa Nova is the 295th most popular philosopher (down from 281st in 2019), the 196th most popular biography from Spain and the 12th most popular Spanish Philosopher.

Arnaldus de villa nova is most famous for his work on the use of the astrolabe.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Arnaldus de Villa Nova ranks 295 out of 1,267. Before him are Francisco Suárez, Johann Reuchlin, Crates of Thebes, Roscellinus, Alain Badiou, and Thomas Carlyle. After him are Alexander of Aphrodisias, James Ussher, Otto Weininger, Franz Brentano, Fukuzawa Yukichi, and Ramana Maharshi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1240, Arnaldus de Villa Nova ranks 5. Before him are Pope Benedict XI, Cimabue, Yunus Emre, and Arnolfo di Cambio. After him are Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg, Abraham Abulafia, Magnus III of Sweden, Boetius of Dacia, Siger of Brabant, Emperor Duzong, and Pietro Cavallini. Among people deceased in 1311, Arnaldus de Villa Nova ranks 1. After him are Külüg Khan, James II of Majorca, Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi, Margaret of Brabant, Siegfried von Feuchtwangen, Pietro Gradenigo, Walter V, Count of Brienne, Mangrai, and David VIII of Georgia.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Arnaldus de Villa Nova ranks 196 out of 3,355. Before him are Adolfo Suárez (1932), Francisco Suárez (1548), Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía (1510), Frederick III of Sicily (1272), Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain (1726), and Alfonso III of Asturias (848). After him are Camilo José Cela (1916), Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias (1629), Amaro Pargo (1678), Eleanor of Toledo (1522), Francis, Duke of Cádiz (1822), and Matilde Camus (1919).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, Arnaldus de Villa Nova ranks 12. Before him are Ibn Tufail (1110), Baltasar Gracián (1601), Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021), Miguel de Unamuno (1864), Abraham ibn Ezra (1089), and Francisco Suárez (1548). After him are Francisco de Vitoria (1483), Juan Luis Vives (1492), Pompeia Plotina (65), Nachmanides (1194), George Santayana (1863), and Francisco Ferrer (1859).

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