Grzegorz of Stawiszyn ( pl, Grzegorz ze Stawiszyna; 1481–1540), was a

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and

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of the mid 16th century,

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of the University of Krakow in the years 1538–1540. Grzegorz was born in

Stawiszyn Stawiszyn (; german: 1943-45 Stavensheim) is a town in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,569 inhabitants (2006). It is the urban part of the larger Stawiszyn Commune, a mixed urban-rural municipality A municipality is ...

in 1481. He was an adherent of

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, a

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view in philosophy, revived in

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at the turn of the sixteenth century thanks to French philosopher Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples (''Faber Stapulensis''). Once Nominalism reappeared in

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and began taking precedence over Thomism and

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, Grzegorz of Stawiszyn, a Kraków professor, published Jacques d'Étaples works including his commentaries to works by

Aristotle Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatetic school of phil ...

, beginning in 1510. As rector, Grzegorz introduced first reforms toward leaving the scholasticism of

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at the University of Krakow beginning 1538, and replacing it with the

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Aristotelianism, including classes in logic based on Dialectics of Jan Caesarius.Filozofia
Grzegorz ze Stawiszyna
He died in Krakow.

References

* Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA
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* Interia Encyklopedia
FABER Stapulensis Jacobus
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