1637 Stoicism Justus Lipsius Philosophy Leather Folio 1st ed   

RARE work from the greatest Renaissance scholar of the Low Countries after Erasmus. 

Justus Lipsius (Joest Lips or Joost Lips 18 October 1547 to 23 March 1606) was a Flemish philologist, philosopher, and humanist.

Lipsius wrote a series of works designed to revive ancient Stoicism in a form that would be compatible with Christianity.

His form of Stoicism influenced several contemporary thinkers, creating the intellectual movement of Neostoicism.

He taught at the universities in Jena, Leiden and Leuven.

Justus Lipsius, a Belgian classical philologist, and Humanist wrote a series of works designed to revive ancient Stoicism in a form that would be compatible with Christianity.

This modified form of Stoicism influenced several contemporary thinkers, creating an intellectual movement that has come to be known as Neostoicism.

Lipsius has been described as the greatest Renaissance scholar of the Low Countries after Erasmus. The role that he played in the revival of interest in Stoicism during the late Renaissance was like that performed by Marsilio Ficino about Platonism and Pierre Gassendi with regard to Epicureanism. As such, he stands as a key figure in the history of Renaissance philosophy and the Renaissance revival of ancient thought.