About Giles of Lessines
Lived 1230 – 1304 (aged 73–74). Giles of Lessines was an astronomer and philosopher.
Giles of Lessines OP ( – ) was a thirteenth-century Dominican scholastic philosopher, a pupil of Thomas Aquinas. He was also strongly influenced by Albertus Magnus. He was an early defender of Thomism.
He is also known as an early scientist, and for economic theory, writing on usury and market prices.
Works Among the works authored by Giles are: Commentarium in libros I et II Sententiarum De concordia temporum De essentia, motu et significatione cometarum De geometria Epistula Alberto Magno missa Summa de temporibus De unitate formae De usuris Quaestiones theologicae
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Who was Giles of Lessines?
Dominican friar, priest and philosopher
When was Giles of Lessines born?
Giles of Lessines was born in 1230 in County of Hainaut.
When did Giles of Lessines die?
Giles of Lessines died in 1304.
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Giles of Lessines was an astronomer and philosopher.
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