János Zsámboky

Hungarian humanist (1531–1584)

In the history of thought, János Zsámboky is one of the names that keeps being returned to.

The record lists János Zsámboky as Hungarian humanist (1531–1584).

János Zsámboky was born at Trnava in 1531. His recorded nationality is Hungary.

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 Pavia.

The discipline keeps its dead in print, because the arguments are still open.

That the work was done from Hungary matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.

János Zsámboky died in 1584, aged 53. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.

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