Heymericus de Campo

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Heymericus de Campo (also Heimerich von Campen and Heimrich van de Velde ; * around 1395 in Son near Eindhoven ; † August 11, 1460 in Leuven ) was a Dutch scholar and late medieval scholastic .

Life

Heymericus de Campo was born in Son around 1395 as the son of a priest. The place is located immediately north of Eindhoven in what is now the Netherlands. From about 1410 to 1420 he studied philosophy and theology in Paris . After a short break in his studies, during which the young master was teaching philosophy in the Belgian Diest , he resumed his theology studies in Cologne in 1423 , where Heymerich acquired the title of "master of theology" in 1428. After the newly appointed professor of theology had already assumed the post of rector at the Universitas Studii Coloniensis , Heymerich represented the university from 1433 to 1435 at the Basel Council . Shortly afterwards he moved to the University of Leuven , where Heymerich taught theology as a professor until his death on August 11, 1460.

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Heymericus de Campo is considered to be the main exponent of Albertism by advocating a Neo-Platonic interpretation of Aristotle. The Problemata inter Albertum Magnum et Sanctum Thomam or Tractatus problematicus are considered to be his most influential Albertist writing . In the course of his life, the Dutch philosopher turned away from the usual university style of science. Heymerich increasingly took up Neoplatonic teachings and was fascinated by Raymundus Lullus from an early age . Following the example of Lull, he developed his own universal science as early as 1433, which was based on the principles of Albertus Magnus and referred to this as the seal of eternity (sigillum aeternitatis). In addition, Heymerich also took part in contemporary ecclesiastical disputes in his Disputatio de potestate ecclesiastica . In it he initially took the position that the General Council stands above the Pope, which means nothing other than church parliamentarism. Last but not least, Heymerich dealt with Islam and even tried to justify his reflections on church theory with the Koran. Towards the end of his stay at the General Council in Basel, Heymerich wrote one of his major philosophical works, the Colliget Principiorum . Even before he attended the Basel Council, the Dutch theologian had started work on his monumental commentary on the Apocalypse, which he completed at the end of the 1530s. At an advanced age, in the second half of the 1950s, Heymerich finally wrote his Centheologicon , in which he presented 100 different theologies, including those of Lull and Cusanus.

effect

Heymerich had a lasting influence on the young Nikolaus von Kues, both with his connection between Albertism and Lullism and with his unusual interpretation of the Koran . His best-known works, De docta ignorantia and De Pace fidei , consistently develop the approaches of the Dutch philosopher further. Both thinkers exchanged their writings from 1425 until Heymerich's death in 1460. That is why Heymerich, alongside Nikolaus von Kues, paved the way for later Renaissance Platonism in Central Europe.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tractatus problematicus (English, Dutch) .
personal data
SURNAME Heymericus de Campo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heimerich von Camping; Heimrich van de Velde
BRIEF DESCRIPTION late medieval scholastic
DATE OF BIRTH around 1395
PLACE OF BIRTH Son near Eindhoven
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 1460
Place of death Lions