In the history of thought, Denis the Carthusian is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Denis the Carthusian as theologian.
Denis the Carthusian was born at Ryckel in 1402. His recorded nationality is County of Looz.
Recovered classical texts and the printing press reopened questions that had been treated as settled for centuries.
The recorded fields of work are theologian.
Among his principal works are De quatuor hominis novissimis, Quinque librorum Mosiacae legis epilagatio brevis quaedam et conclusio Pentateuchi and Compendium theologicum, seu Elementatio theologica. The discipline keeps its dead in print, because the arguments are still open.
That the work was done from County of Looz matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Denis the Carthusian died in 1471, aged 69. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Notable work: De quatuor hominis novissimis
- Notable work: Quinque librorum Mosiacae legis epilagatio brevis quaedam et conclusio Pentateuchi
- Notable work: Compendium theologicum, seu Elementatio theologica
- Notable work: Compendium philosophicum, seu Elementatio philosophica
- Fields: theologian
