De immortalitate animae

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Domingo Gundisalvo, a 12th-century Spanish philosopher, wrote De immortalitate animae ("On the Immortality of the Soul"). This work, along with his De anima ("On the Soul"), reflects Neoplatonic arguments for the soul's natural immortality. These ideas significantly influenced later Scholastic philosophers at the University of Paris, such as Bonaventure and Albertus Magnus. Gundisalvo's philosophy aimed to integrate Christian thought with ancient Greek intellectual traditions, particularly Neoplatonism and the theories of thinkers like Avicenna. His work contributed to the Western understanding of Eastern Aristotelian and Neoplatonic philosophies.1

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Domingo Gundisalvo
…anima (“On the Soul”) and De immortalitate animae (“On the Immortality of the Soul”), suggest the Neoplatonic argument for the soul’s natural immortality that markedly influenced later Scholastic philosophers—e.g., Bonaventure and Albertus Magnus—at the University of Paris.
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…anima (“On the Soul”) and De immortalitate animae (“On the Immortality of the Soul”), suggest the Neoplatonic argument for the soul’s natural immortality that markedly influenced later Scholastic philosophers—e.g., Bonaventure and Albertus Magnus—at the University of Paris.
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