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A political theoretician and philosopher, Sebastian Fox Morcillo was born in Seville, where he received his early education. He subsequently enrolled at the University of Alcalá de Henares and in 1548 he relocated to Leuven. Fox Morcillo published commentaries on Plato as well as tracts on Aristotle’s natural philosophy, works in which he endeavoured to reconcile both philosophers’ teachings. In 1556 Fox Morcillo was appointed as one of the tutors to Don Carlos, son of Philip II.
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Coroleu, A. (2016). Fox Morcillo, Sebastián. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_116-1
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