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John Capreolus, or Jean Cabrol, 1380–1444, Dominican friar, known as princeps thomistarum, was one of the most important and influential Thomists and commentators of Thomas Aquinas. Born in the French province of Rouergue, he studied at Paris and taught at Toulouse. He spent the last 20 years of his life in the Dominican convent of Rodez. His only surviving work, called Defensiones theologiae Divi Thomae Aquinatis, is a vast commentary on Peter Lombard’s Sentences which aims solely at defending St. Thomas’ theology and philosophy against a group of handpicked critics throughout the fourteenth century. His own position therefore corresponds to Aquinas’ thought. Yet in that perspective Capreolus was of great influence for future Thomists throughout the Middle Ages and beyond.
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Jeschke, T. (2020). John Capreolus. In: Lagerlund, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1665-7_265
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