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Roger Bacon OFM (/ ˈ b eɪ k ən /; [3] Latin: Rogerus or Rogerius Baconus, Baconis, also Frater Rogerus; c. 1219/20 – c. 1292), also known by the scholastic accolade Doctor Mirabilis, was a polymath, a medieval English philosopher, scientist, theologian and Franciscan friar who placed considerable emphasis on the study of nature through empiricism.
The Opus Majus (Latin for "Greater Work") is the most important work of Roger Bacon. It was written in Medieval Latin, at the request of Pope Clement IV, to explain the work that Bacon had undertaken. The 878-page treatise ranges over all aspects of natural science, from grammar and logic to mathematics, physics, and philosophy.
Roger Bacon was a fervent critic of Rufus, claiming that his fame was greatest with the ignorant multitude; on the other hand, Thomas of Eccleston praised him as an excellent lecturer. Adam de Marisco describes him in a letter to Grosseteste as "a man lacking in command of the English tongue, yet of most honest conversation and unblemished ...
Friars Bacon and Bungay sleep through the activation of their brazen head while their manservant Miles plays a pipe and drum. [1]Thomas Bungay (Latin: Thomas Bungeius or Bungeyensis; [2] c. 1214 – c. 1294), [3] also known as Thomas of Bungay [4] (Latin: Thomas de Bungeya; [5] French: Thomas de Bungeye) and formerly also known as Friar Bongay, [1] was an English Franciscan friar, scholar, and ...
Much more than Bacon's later linguistic works, the Summa Grammatica lies in the mainstream of 13th-century analysis. [3] The first part borrows directly from Robert Kilwardby's commentary on Priscian. [6] [7] More generally, the work reflects the speculative grammar taught at Oxford in such 13th-century works as the Logica cum Sit Nostra. [8]
Börek – known from 14th century Persia in a poem by Bushaq-i-Atima, although it may be far older. [106] [107] Hummus – first mentioned in a cookbook from Cairo, Egypt from the 13th century. Kinilaw - raw fish marinated in citrus juices, vinegar, spices, coconut milk, and tabon-tabon fruit extracts from the Philippines.
Peter of Auvergne (13th century) Peter of Spain (usually identified with Pope John XXI; 13th century) Petrarch (1304–1374) Joane Petrizi (12th century) Pillai Lokacharya (1205–1311) Padmanabha Tirtha (died 1324) Philip the Chancellor (1160–1236) George Gemistos Plethon (c. 1355 – 1452) Isaac Polgar (early 14th century)
13th-century Hindu philosophers and theologians (2 P) Pages in category "13th-century philosophers" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total.