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Benito Pereira
Benedict Pereira (also ''Pereyra'', ''Benet Perera'', ''Benet Pererius'') (March 4, 1536 – 6 March 1610) was a Spanish Jesuit philosopher, theologian, and exegete. Life Pereira was born at Ruzafa, near Valencia, in Spain. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1552 and taught successively literature, philosophy, theology, and sacred scripture in Rome, where he died. Works He published eight works, and left a vast deal of manuscript. (Sommervogel, infra, mentions twelve sets.) His main philosophical work is ''De communibus omnium rerum naturalium principiis et affectionibus libri quindecim'' (Rome, 1576). The main difficulties of the ''Book of Genesis'' are met in ''Commentariorum et disputationum in Genesim tomi quattuor'' (Rome, 1591–1599). This is a mine of information in regard to the Deluge, Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babel, etc., and was highly rated by Richard Simon (''Histoire critique du Vieux Testament'', III, xii). The "Commentariorum in Danielem prophetam libri se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centum Octoginta Tres Disputationes BEIC3 V00008 F0005
Languages of the Indo-European family are classified as either centum languages or satem languages according to how the dorsal consonants (sounds of "K", "G" and "Y" type) of the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European language (PIE) developed. An example of the different developments is provided by the words for "hundred" found in the early attested Indo-European languages (which is where the two branches get their names). In centum languages, they typically began with a sound (Latin ''centum'' was pronounced with initial /k/), but in satem languages, they often began with (the example ''satem'' comes from the Avestan language of Zoroastrian scripture). The table below shows the traditional reconstruction of the PIE dorsal consonants, with three series, but according to some more recent theories there may actually have been only two series or three series with different pronunciations from those traditionally ascribed. In centum languages, the palatovelars, which included the in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
