Gerardus de Vries

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Gerardus de Vries

Gerardus de Vries (also: Gerhard von Vries , Gerard de Vries ; * August 15, 1648 in Utrecht , † December 1, 1705 ibid) was a Dutch philosopher and Reformed theologian.

Life

Nothing is known about Vrie's parental home, nor about the first years of his life. In 1659 he can be proven as a pupil of the Hieronymus School in Utrecht in the class Septanorum (9th subclass). In 1667 he enrolled under the rectorate of Johann Georg Graevius at the University of Utrecht . Here he completed studies at the philosophical faculty and heard lectures at the theological faculty with Gisbert Voetius . On April 28, 1671, he continued his philosophical studies at the University of Leiden , where on May 28, 1671 he acquired the degree of Master of Philosophy.

Soon afterwards he returned to Utrecht to give private lectures as a lecturer. The events of the Dutch-French War forced him to leave Utrecht. He moved again to Leiden on September 8, 1673, where he continued his lectures and in December of the same year received a position at the Staten-Collegium. On May 11, 1674 he was appointed professor of logic and metaphysics at the University of Utrecht, which position he took up on September 1, 1674 with the speech Prologus de sectis philosophorum, inprimis hodiernis . As an Aristotelian, he took the position that the divinity of scripture could be proven otherwise than by reason.

He also tried to convey this to his students, but it was precisely because of this conviction that other scholars such as Frans Burman questioned it. In addition, Vries was on March 4, 1685 associate professor of theology. As such, he established himself as a methodically conservative, eclectic supporter of the closer Reformation of Gisbert Voetius and as an opponent of the Cartesian philosophy of René Descartes . He died unmarried and decreed in his will that he would be buried in silence and that no funeral sermon should be given to him. As a university lecturer in Utrecht, he also took part in the organizational tasks of the academy and was rector of the alma mater in 1678/79 and 1692/93 .

Works (selection)

  • Exercitationes rationales de Deo, divinisque perfectionibus: accedunt ejusdem dissertationes de Infinito, Nullitate Spirituum, Homine automatico, contradictoriis Deo possibilibus sensuum en philosophando usu, Cogitatione ipsa mente, Operationibus brutorum, in queries conferibus. Utrecht 1685, 1695,
  • Diatribe singularis gemina, altera de Cogitatione ipsa mentis, altera de Ideis rerum innatis.
  • De natura Dei et humanae mentis determinationes Pneumatologicae. Accedunt de cathoticis rerum attributis determinationes ontologicae. Utrecht 1687.
  • Dissertatio gemina, altera de Lumine, altera de Lunicola. Utrecht 1688
  • Dissertatiuncula Historico-Philosophica de Renati Cartesii medi ationibus a Petro Gassendo impugnatis. Utrecht 1691

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lijsten van Leer Lingen of Jeronimos School te Utrecht, gedurende de jaren 1631, 1632, 1633, 1658 en 1659, getrokken uit modesty op het Gemeente-Archief te Utrecht aanwezig. Stoom-Boek- en Steendrukkerij “de Industrie” (KA Manssen), Utrecht, 1877, p. 19, col. A
  2. ↑ University of Utrecht: Album studiosorum Academiae Rheno-traiectinae MDCXXXVI-MDCCCLXXXVI. Verlag JL Beijers / J. van Boekhoven, Utrecht, 1886, Sp. 61
  3. ↑ Guilielmus du Rieu: Album studiosorum academiae Lugduno Batavae MDLXXV-MDCCCLXXV. Martin Nijhoff Verlag, The Hague, 1875, p. 568
  4. ^ PC Molhuysen: Album Promotorum Academiae Lugduno Batavae 1575-1812. 's-Gravenhage 1913-1924
  5. ↑ Gerardus de Vries: De mundo . 1671.
  6. ↑ Guilielmus du Rieu: Album studiosorum academiae Lugduno Batavae MDLXXV-MDCCCLXXV. Martin Nijhoff Verlag, The Hague, 1875, p. 584
personal data
SURNAME Vries, Gerardus de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vries, Gerhard von; Vries, Gerard de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch philosopher and reformed theologian
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1648
PLACE OF BIRTH Utrecht
DATE OF DEATH December 1, 1705
Place of death Utrecht