Augustine Hunnäus

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Augustinus Hunnäus (born July 29, 1521 in Mechelen , † September 10, 1577 or September 8, 1578 in Leuven ) was a theologian , philosopher and university professor .

Life

After attending school in Mechelen, Hunnäus studied theology at the University of Leuven and was awarded a Dr. theol. PhD . Hunnäus, who was already keen on languages ​​during his studies, then became a teacher of Greek and Hebrew at the Löwener Gymnasium castrense. He also taught philosophy there . He was canon of Saint Peter to Leuven and later became professor of theology at the University of Leuven.

Hunnäus is one of the syncretists of his time, whose work is based on Aristotle and Petrus Hispanus . In addition, he began to compare the manuscripts of the works of the church fathers in order to correct the biblical passages quoted there.

Works (selection)

Dialectica Sev, Generalia Logices, Antwerp 1566
  • De disputatione inter disceptantes, dialectice instituenda, libellus. Praeterea fundamentum logices , 1551.
  • Avgvstini Hvnaei Dialectica Sev, Generalia Logices praecepta omnia, quaecunq [ue] praecipuè ex toto Aristotelis organo, ad ediscendum proponi consueuerunt: Priùs quidem iuxta ueterem translationem impressa, nunc uerò ad u Ioachimi Perionata ... , Nicolemai Grouch52 .
  • Ordo ac series quinque nouorum indicum generalium diu multum que hactenus a studiosis desideratorum et nunc magna accesione in singulis suis partibus locupletatorum , 1582.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jakob Christoph Iselin : Neu-Vermehrtes Historisch- und Geographisches Allgemeine Lexicon , Basel 1726, p. 86
  2. ^ Carl von Prantl: Hunnäus Augustinus , General German Biography, Volume 13, Leipzig 1881, p. 415.
personal data
SURNAME Hunnäus, Augustine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hunnaeus, Augustine; Huens, Augustin; Hunaeus, Augustine; Hunaei Augustini
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch theologian, philosopher and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1521
PLACE OF BIRTH Mechlin
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 1577 or September 8, 1578
Place of death Lions