Nicholas of Clamanges is remembered for arguments the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Nicholas of Clamanges as French philosopher and theologian.
Nicholas of Clamanges was born at Marne in 1363. His recorded nationality is France. He studied at Collège de Navarre.
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.
Among his principal works are Floridan et Elvide, De felicitate vitae rusticae and De miseriis vitae Tyrannorum. A philosophical position survives not by being proved but by resisting every attempt to dispose of it.
That the work was done from France matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Nicholas of Clamanges died in 1437, aged 74. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Notable work: Floridan et Elvide
- Notable work: De felicitate vitae rusticae
- Notable work: De miseriis vitae Tyrannorum
- Notable work: Letters
