See also:JOHN OF See also:SALISBURY (c. 1115-1180)
, See also:English author, diplomatist and See also:bishop, was See also:born at See also:Salisbury between the years 1115 and 1120
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Beyond the fact that he was of Saxon, not of See also:Norman See also:race, and applies to himself the cognomen of Parvus, " See also:short," or " small," few details are known regarding his See also:early See also:life; but from his own statements it is gathered that he crossed to See also:France about 1136, and began See also:regular studies in See also:Paris under See also:Abelard, who had there for a brief See also:period re-opened his famous school on Mont St See also:Genevieve
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After Abelard's retirement, See also:John carried on his studies under Alberich of See also:Reims and See also:Robert of See also:Melun
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From 1138 to 1140 he studied See also:grammar and the See also:classics under See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William of Conches and See also:Richard l'Eveque, the disciples of See also:Bernard of See also:Chartres, though it is still a See also:matter of controversy whether it was in Chartres or not (cf
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A
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Clerval, See also:Les Ecoles de Chartres au moyen dge, 1895)
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Bernard's teaching was distinguished partly by its pronounced Platonic tendency, partly by the stress laid upon See also:literary study of the greater Latin writers; and the See also:influence of the latter feature is noticeable in all John of Salisbury's See also:works
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About 1140 he was at Paris studying See also:theology under See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert de la Porree, then under Robert Pullus and See also:Simon of See also:Poissy
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In 1148 he resided at
II
Moutiers la See also:Celle in the See also:diocese of See also:Troyes, with his friend See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter of Celle
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He was See also:present at the See also:council of Reims, presided over by See also:Pope See also:Eugenius III., and was probably presented by Bernard of See also:Clairvaux to See also:Theobald, See also:archbishop of See also:Canterbury, at whose See also:court he settled, probably about 1150
.
Appointed secretary to Theobald, he was frequently sent on See also:missions to the papal see
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During this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time he composed his greatest works, published almost certainly in 1159, the Policraticus, sive de nugis curialium et de vestigiis philosophorum and the Metalogicus, writings invaluable as storehouses of See also:information regarding the matter and See also:form of scholastic See also:education, and remarkable for their cultivated See also:style and humanist tendency
.
After the See also:death of Theobald in 1161, John continued as secretary to See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Becket, and took an active See also:part in the See also:long disputes between that See also:primate and his See also:sovereign, See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry II
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His letters throw See also:light on the constitutional struggle then agitating the English See also:world
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With Becket he withdrew to France during the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's displeasure; he returned with him in 1170, and was present at his assassination
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In the following years, during which he continued in an influential situation in Canterbury, but at what precise date is unknown, he See also:drew up the Life of Thomas Becket
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In 1176 he was made bishop of Chartres, where he passed the See also:remainder of his life
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In 1179 he took an active part in the council of the Lateran
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He died at or near Chartres on the 25th of See also:October 1180
.
John's writings enable us to understand with much completeness the literary and scientific position of the 12th See also:century
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His views imply a cultivated intelligence well versed in See also:practical affairs, opposing to the extremes of both See also:nominalism and See also:realism a practical See also:common sense
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His See also:doctrine is a See also:kind of See also:utilitarianism, with a strong leaning on the speculative See also:side to the modified literary See also:scepticism of See also:Cicero, for whom he had unbounded admiration
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He was a humanist before the See also:Renaissance, surpassing all other representatives of the school of Chartres in his knowledge of the Latin classics, as in the purity of his style, which was evidently moulded on that of Cicero
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Of See also:Greek writers he appears to have known nothing at first See also:hand, and very little in See also:translations
.
The See also:Timaeus of See also:Plato in the Latin version of Chalcidius was known to him as to his contemporaries and predecessors, and probably he had See also:access to translations of the See also:Phaedo and Meno
.
Of See also:Aristotle he possessed the whole of the See also:Organon in Latin; he is, indeed, the first of the See also:medieval writers of See also:note to whom the whole was known
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Of other Aristotelian writings he appears to have known nothing
.
The collected See also:editions of the works are by J
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A
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See also:Giles (5 vols., See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, 1848), and by See also:Migne, in the Patrologiae cursus, vol
.
199: neither accurate
.
The Policraticus was edited with notes and introductions by C
.
C
.
I
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See also:Webb, loannis Saresberiensis episcopi Carnotensis Policratici (Oxford, 1909), 2 vols
.
The most See also:complete study of John of Salisbury is the monograph by C
.
Schaarschmidt, Johannes Sarisberiensis nach Leben and Studien, Schriften and Philosophic, 1862, which is a See also:model of accurate and complete workmanship
.
See also the See also:article in the See also:Diet
.
Nat
.
Biog
.
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