Peter Ceffons

Peter Ceffons

Peter Ceffons [Pierre Ceffons, Petrus de Ceffons Clarevallensis.] was a French Cistercian theologian and scholastic philosopher, who became Abbot of Clairvaux. He is considered an early humanist for his style [Fokke Akkerman, Arie Johan Vanderjagt (editors), "Northern Humanism in European Context, 1469-1625" (1999), p. 140.] .

He lectured on the "Sentences" at Paris in the late 1340s, using angle as a metaphor [Norman Kretzmann, Jan Pinborg (editors), "The Cambridge History of Later Medieval Philosophy" (1982), p. 582.] . He was influenced by Adam Wodeham [William J. Courtenay, "Adam Wodeham: An Introduction to His Life and Writings" (1978), p. 136.] , Gregory of Rimini and John of Mirecourt [Katherine H. Tachau, "Vision and Certitude in the Age of Ockham" (1988), p. 373.] .

He wrote a satirical work "Epistola Luciferi ad Cleros", an attack on the secular clergy [ [http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams/anticint.htm Anticlerical Poems and Documents: Introduction ] ] ; it is dated to 1352 [ [http://www.english.udel.edu/dean/polchron.html Chronology of Political & Literary Events ] ] .

References

*D. Trapp, "Peter Ceffons of Clairvaux," Recherches de Theologie ancienne et medievale, XXIV (1957), 101-154
*Jorge J. E. Gracia, Timothy B. Noone, "A Companion to Philosophy in the Middle Ages" (2003), p. 508.

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