Nicholas of Lyra is remembered for arguments the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Nicholas of Lyra as French biblical scholar.
Nicholas of Lyra was born at La Vieille-Lyre in 1270. His recorded nationality is France. He studied at University of Paris.
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.
His academic posts were held at University of Paris.
The recorded fields of work are theology and monastic life.
Among his principal works are Tractatus alter de visione divinae essentiae ab animabus sanctis a corpore separatis, Sermones de tempore and Sermones de sanctis. 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 Lyra died in 1349, aged 79. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Notable work: Tractatus alter de visione divinae essentiae ab animabus sanctis a corpore separatis
- Notable work: Sermones de tempore
- Notable work: Sermones de sanctis
- Notable work: Super epistolam ad Gallatas
- Held posts at University of Paris
- Fields: theology and monastic life
