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Ramus, Petrus

Born: Cuts (village in northern France), circa 1515

Died: Paris, 26 August 1572

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Petrus Ramus was a French logician and philosopher who was against scholastic logic and Aristotle. He is considered to be the precursor to Descartes.

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  1. CNRS, BCL, UMR 7320, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, 98 Bd Edouard Herriot, BP 3209, 06204, Cedex, Nice, France

    Véronique Montagne

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  1. Dept. of Philosophy a. Cultural Heritage, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia Dept. of Philosophy a. Cultural Heritage, Venezia, Italy

    Marco Sgarbi

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  1. Université Bordeaux Montaigne, UFR Humanités, Domaine Universitaire, 33 607, Pessac, France

    Violaine Giacomotto-Charra

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Montagne, V. (2017). Ramus, Petrus. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_312-1

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