Francisco de Vitoria belongs to the philosophical record as a figure whose arguments outlasted the disputes that prompted them.
The record lists Francisco de Vitoria as Spanish philosopher.
Francisco de Vitoria was born at Burgos in 1480. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Castile. He studied at University of Salamanca.
Recovered classical texts and the printing press reopened questions that had been treated as settled for centuries.
His academic posts were held at University of Valladolid and University of Salamanca.
Philosophy advances by objection: an argument matters if serious people spend years attacking it.
That the work was done from Kingdom of Castile matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Francisco de Vitoria died in 1546, aged 66. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Valladolid and University of Salamanca
