Grzegorz of Stawiszyn

Grzegorz of Stawiszyn (Polish: Grzegorz ze Stawiszyna, born 1481, Stawiszyn near Kalisz - died 1540, Kraków), was a Polish philosopher and theologian of the mid 16th century, Rector of the University of Krakow in the years 1538-1540.[1]

Grzegorz of Stawiszyn was an adherent of Nominalism, a metaphysical view in philosophy, revived in western Europe at the turn of the sixteenth century thanks to French philosopher Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples (Faber Stapulensis). Once Nominalism reappeared in Kraków and began taking precedence over Thomism and Scotism, Grzegorz of Stawiszyn, a Kraków professor, published Jacques d'Étaples works including his commentaries to works by Aristotle, beginning in 1510.[2] As rector, Grzegorz introduced first reforms toward leaving the scholasticism of Peter of Spain at the University of Krakow beginning 1538, and replacing it with the Renaissance Aristotelianism, including classes in logic based on Dialectics of Jan Caesarius.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Past Rectors of the Jagiellonian University of Kraków Brief history at JU official website.
  2. ↑ Władysław Tatarkiewicz, Zarys dziejów filozofii w Polsce (A Brief History of Philosophy in Poland), [in the series:] Historia nauki polskiej w monografiach (History of Polish Learning in Monographs), [volume] XXXII, Kraków, Polska Akademia Umiejętności (Polish Academy of Learning), 1948. This monograph draws from pertinent sections in earlier editions of the author's Historia filozofii (History of Philosophy), pp. 6–7.
  3. ↑ Filozofia, Grzegorz ze Stawiszyna