Siger from Courtrai
Siger von Courtrai (also Sigerus de Cortraco , Flemish Zeger van Kortrijk ; * around 1283 in Courtrai ; † May 30, 1341 in Paris ) was a scholastic .
From around 1309, Siger was a master's degree at the University of Paris and taught at the Sorbonne from 1310 , of which he became procurator in 1315. Together with Lambert von Auxerre he was a representative of the older logica moderna in philosophy and is counted among the Modistae. He wrote the work Sophismata , a collection of thought exercises on applied logic and a commentary on Aristotle's first analytics.
From 1308 to 1323 he was a canon at the Church of Notre-Dame de Courtrai.
literature
- G. Wallerand (Ed.): Les Œuvres de Siger de Courtrai. Étude critique et textes inédits (coll. "Les philosophes belges", VIII), Leuven, Institut supérieur de philosophie de l'université, 1913, archives
- Jan Pinborg: Sigerus de Cortraco: Summa modorum significandi; Sophismata, new edition, on the basis of G. Wallerand's editio prima, with additions, critical notes, an index of terms and an introduction (coll. Studies in the History of the Language Sciences , 14), Amsterdam, John Benjamins, 1977
- Martin Gessmann (ed.): Philosophical dictionary. - 23rd edition. - Kröner, Stuttgart 2009: Siger from Courtrai
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Siger from Courtrai |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sigerus de Cortraco; Siger, De Courtrai |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scholastics |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Courtrai |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 1341 |
| Place of death | Paris |