Siger of Brabant
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Belgian philosopher, c. 1240–1284
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- Doctorate Theology Université Paris Cité
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Siger of Brabant was a 13th-century philosopher from the southern Low Countries who was an important proponent of Averroism. Life Early life Little is known about many of the details of his life. In 1266, he was attached to the Faculty of Arts in the University of Paris at the time when a riot erupted between the French and Picard "nations" of students—a series of loosely organized fraternities. The papal legate threatened Siger with execution as the ringleader of the Picard attack on the French, but no further action was taken.
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