PHILOSOPHER

Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda

1490 - 1573

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Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda (1490 – 17 November 1573) was a Spanish humanist, philosopher, and theologian of the Spanish Renaissance. He is mainly known for his participation in a famous debate with Bartolomé de las Casas in Valladolid, Spain, in 1550–1551. The debate centered on the legitimacy of the conquest and colonization of America by the Spanish Empire and on the treatment of the Native Americans. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda has received more than 285,164 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda is the 468th most popular philosopher (down from 449th in 2019).

Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda is most famous for his work entitled "Democrates Alter" in which he argues that America should be colonized by Spain.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda ranks 468 out of 1,267. Before her are Michel de Certeau, Zhiyi, Ivan Ilyin, Daniel Dennett, Vincent of Beauvais, and George Pachymeres. After her are Jean-Luc Nancy, Hans Reichenbach, Hasdai Crescas, Ravidas, P. D. Ouspensky, and Ernst Troeltsch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1490, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda ranks 11. Before her are Olaus Magnus, Vittoria Colonna, Huáscar, Albert of Brandenburg, Florian Geyer, and Ebussuud Efendi. After her are Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Françoise d'Alençon, John III, Duke of Cleves, Marinus van Reymerswaele, Properzia de' Rossi, and Galvarino. Among people deceased in 1573, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda ranks 6. Before her are Takeda Shingen, Fatma Sultan, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal, and Rafael Bombelli. After her are Matija Gubec, Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Azai Nagamasa, Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg, Michel de l'Hôpital, and Malyuta Skuratov.

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