Pedro da Fonseca is remembered for arguments the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Pedro da Fonseca as Portuguese philosopher.
Pedro da Fonseca was born at Cortiçada in 1528. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Portugal. He studied at University of Évora.
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 Coimbra.
A philosophical position survives not by being proved but by resisting every attempt to dispose of it.
That the work was done from Kingdom of Portugal matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Pedro da Fonseca died in 1599, aged 71. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Coimbra
