Gregor Reisch
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Gregor Reisch was a German encyclopaedist and humanist known for his work Margarita philosophica (1503). This book, written in a pleasing style for young people, covered the entire university curriculum of the time, including the trivium and quadrivium. Reisch's work correctly interpreted the interests of the younger generation at the end of the 15th century. He was a contemporary of Johannes Reuchlin, another significant humanist scholar of the era.123
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…the little Margarita philosophica that Gregor Reisch (died 1525) wrote for young people. In some 200 pages he contrived to cover in a very pleasing style the whole university course of the day, both the trivium and the quadrivium (see liberal arts). The arrival of humanism is reflected in the…
Read More…the little Margarita philosophica that Gregor Reisch (died 1525) wrote for young people. In some 200 pages he contrived to cover in a very pleasing style the whole university course of the day, both the trivium and the quadrivium (see liberal arts). The arrival of humanism is reflected in the…
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