Petrus Ramus
Petrus Ramus | |
|---|---|
| Born | Pierre de La Ramée 1515 |
| Died | 26 August 1572 (aged 56–57) Paris |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | |
| Education | Collège de Navarre |
| Thesis | Quaecumque ab Aristotele dicta essent, commentitia esse (Everything that Aristotle has said is false) (1536) |
| Academic advisors | Johannes Sturm |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Renaissance philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Renaissance humanism Ramism |
| Institutions | Collège de France |
| Notable students | Theodor Zwinger |
| Main interests | Logic, educational reform |
| Notable works | Aristotelicae Animadversiones |
| Notable ideas | Ramism |
Petrus Ramus (French: Pierre de La Ramée; Anglicized as Peter Ramus /ˈreɪməs/; 1515 – 26 August 1572) was a French humanist, logician, and educational reformer. A Protestant convert, he was a victim of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.