Johannes Magirus (c. 1560 – 1596) was a German physician and natural philosopher. He was born at

Fritzlar Fritzlar () is a small town (pop. 15,000) in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse, Germany, north of Frankfurt, with a storied history. The town has a medieval center ringed by a wall with numerous watch towers. Thirty-eight meters (125& ...

about 1560; his background was Lutheran. He studied at the University of Padua, and took a medical degree at the University of Marburg in 1585.

Works

*''Physiologiae Peripateticae libri sex'' (1597). This was a textbook treatment of Aristotelian philosophy, and was still in use 50 years later. It was employed to teach physics in the early years of Harvard College. Isaac Newton was introduced to natural philosophy by this work of Magirus and one of Daniel Stahl. It used the works of: Hermolao Barbaro, Gasparo Contarini, Thomas Erastus,

Philipp Melanchthon Philip Melanchthon. (born Philipp Schwartzerdt; 16 February 1497 – 19 April 1560) was a German Lutheran reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, intellectual leader of the Lu ...

, Arcangelus Mercenarius,

Francesco Patrizzi Franciscus Patricius ( Croatian: ''Franjo Petriš'' or ''Frane Petrić'', Italian: ''Francesco Patrizi''; 25 April 1529 – 6 February 1597) was a philosopher and scientist from the Republic of Venice, originating from Cres. He was known as a ...

, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Jakob Schegk, Johannes Velcurio, Francesco Vimercato, and Jacopo Zabarella.Lorraine Daston, Michael Stolleis, ''Natural Law and Laws of Nature in Early Modern Europe: jurisprudence, theology, moral and natural philosophy'' (2008), p. 118
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Magirus, Johannes 1560s births 1596 deaths Year of birth uncertain 16th-century German physicians German philosophers Natural philosophers 16th-century German writers 16th-century German male writers Expatriates of the Holy Roman Empire in Italy