Lambertus de Monte, also Lambertus de Monte Domini or Lambert of Cologne ( nl, Lambertus van 's-Heerenbergh; c. 1430/5–1499), was a

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scholastic and

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. Originally from

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(Monte Domini), he went to the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...

in 1450, where he was taught by his uncle Gerhardus de Monte, and received his

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in 1454, holding an arts professorship there from 1455 until 1473, when he became a doctor of theology. He then taught in the faculty of theology until his death. He wrote several Thomist commentaries on

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 ph ...

, including the ''

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'', ''

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'', and the '' logica nova'', most of which were printed in Cologne during his lifetime or shortly thereafter. He was a defender of the Thomistic interpretation of Aristotle against that of

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and his followers. He was a member of the Schola Coloniensis of Thomists. Notably, he argued for Aristotle's salvation against the scholarly consensus that Aristotle was in Hell. He also wrote '' copulata'' (introductory logical analysis) of

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. Besides Thomas and Gerhardus, he was influenced by Henry of Gorkum, Gerhardus' teacher. After Henry and Gerhardus, he was the third doctor of the ''bursa Montana'', a college of students and faculty living in common.

Works

*''Copulata totius novae logicae Aristotelis'' *''Copulata super libros De anima Aristotelis'' ("Expositio ... circa tres libros De anima Aristotelis"), first published 1485, 1492 *''Compilatio commentaria ... in octo libros Aristotelis De physico'' ("Prohemium Phisicorum"), first published 1493, 1498
''Copulata omnium tractatuum Petri Hispani etiam (syncategorematum et) parvorum logicalium ac trium modernorum secundum doctrinam Thomae Aquinatis cum textu''
*''De salvatione Arestotelis'', first published c. 1498

References

* Chroust, Anton-Hermann. 1945. Contribution to the Medieval Discussion: ''Utrum Aristoteles Sit Salvatus''. ''Journal of the History of Ideas'', 6(2), 231–238. * Duhem, Pierre; Roger Ariew, ed. and trans. 1985. ''Medieval Cosmology: Theories of Infinity, Place, Time, Void, and the Plurality of Worlds''. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. . *Lagerlund, Henrik. 2000. ''Modal Syllogistics in the Middle Ages''. BRILL, . *Michael, Emily. 2003. Renaissance Theories of Body, Soul, and Mind. ''Psyche and Soma: Physicians and Metaphysicians on the Mind-Body Problem from Antiquity to Enlightenment''. John P. Wright and Paul Potter, edd. Oxford: Oxford University Press, . {{DEFAULTSORT:Monte, Lambertus De 1430s births 1499 deaths 15th-century philosophers Latin commentators on Aristotle 15th-century Latin writers