PHILOSOPHER

Juan Luis Vives

1492 - 1540

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Juan Luis Vives y March (Latin: Joannes Lodovicus Vives, lit. 'Juan Luis Vives'; Catalan: Joan Lluís Vives i March; Dutch: Jan Ludovicus Vives; 6 March 1493 – 6 May 1540) was a Spanish (Valencian) scholar and Renaissance humanist who spent most of his adult life in the southern Habsburg Netherlands. His beliefs on the soul, insight into early medical practice, and perspective on emotions, memory and learning earned him the title of the "father" of modern psychology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan Luis Vives has received more than 211,970 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Juan Luis Vives is the 354th most popular philosopher (down from 336th in 2019), the 257th most popular biography from Spain (down from 241st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Spanish Philosopher.

Juan Luis Vives was a Spanish philosopher and theologian who was most famous for his work on the nature of human beings.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Juan Luis Vives ranks 354 out of 1,267. Before him are Günther Anders, Maurice Halbwachs, Otto Neurath, Pietro Pomponazzi, Isaac Abarbanel, and Haji Bektash Veli. After him are Jacques Rancière, Strato of Lampsacus, Edward de Bono, Macrobius, Wilhelm Windelband, and Han Yu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1492, Juan Luis Vives ranks 4. Before him are Pietro Aretino, Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, and Marguerite de Navarre. After him are Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Andrea Alciato, Elizabeth Tudor, John II, Count Palatine of Simmern, Sabina of Bavaria, Saadet I Giray, Jean du Bellay, and Adam Ries. Among people deceased in 1540, Juan Luis Vives ranks 7. Before him are John Zápolya, Parmigianino, Thomas Cromwell, Angela Merici, Rosso Fiorentino, and Francesco Guicciardini. After him are Tristão da Cunha, Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Guillaume Budé, Joos van Cleve, Tomé Pires, and Barthel Beham.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan Luis Vives ranks 257 out of 3,355. Before him are Francisco de Vitoria (1483), Andrés Segovia (1893), Alfonso III of Aragon (1265), Fernando Rey (1917), Javier Bardem (1969), and Ibn Jubayr (1145). After him are Lope de Aguirre (1518), Andrés Iniesta (1984), Wittiza (687), Raymond of Penyafort (1175), Vicente Aleixandre (1898), and Lluís Companys (1882).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, Juan Luis Vives ranks 14. Before him are Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021), Miguel de Unamuno (1864), Abraham ibn Ezra (1089), Francisco Suárez (1548), Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240), and Francisco de Vitoria (1483). After him are Pompeia Plotina (65), Nachmanides (1194), George Santayana (1863), Francisco Ferrer (1859), Hasdai Crescas (1340), and Luis de Molina (1535).

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