Michael of Cesena

Italian theologian

Michael of Cesena is remembered for arguments the next generation could not ignore.

The record lists Michael of Cesena as Italian theologian.

Michael of Cesena was born at Cesena in 1270.

Thought in this period moved between the Islamic world, the Jewish communities and the Latin West, and the same texts were argued over in three traditions.

A philosophical position survives not by being proved but by resisting every attempt to dispose of it.

Michael of Cesena died in 1342, aged 72. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.

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