ALBERTUS MAGNUS
\albˈɜːtəs mˈaɡnəs], \albˈɜːtəs mˈaɡnəs], \a_l_b_ˈɜː_t_ə_s m_ˈa_ɡ_n_ə_s]\
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A famous German scholastic philosopher; born at Lauingen, Suabia, 1193; died at Cologne, Nov. 15, 1280. He became Bishop of Ratisbon in 1260. One of the greatest scholars of his age, he taught philosophy and theology at Cologne and Paris, the celebrated Thomas Aquinas being among his pupils. So great was his knowledge that he was accounted a magician by his contemporaries. He introduced Aristotle's philosophy to the comprehension of his age. His works, which constitute an encyclopaedia of the learning of the times, though treating chiefly of physical science, fill twenty-one volumes. They appeared in 1651.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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