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Cajetan, Thomas de Vio

Born: 20 February 1468, Gaeta

Died: 10 August 1534, Rome

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A Dominican philosopher and theologian, among the main representatives of sixteenth-century Aristotelianism and perhaps the greatest Renaissance commentator on St Thomas’s works. He is known for his restatement of the doctrine of the analogy of being and for his innovations in psychology.

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Guidi, S. (2022). Cajetan, Thomas de Vio. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14169-5_90

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