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NEMESIUS (fl. c. A.D. 390) , a Christian philosopher, author of a treatise 7repi rbuo-ws avOpc,aov (On Human Nature), was, according to the title of his book, bishop of Emesa (in Syria); of his life nothing further is known, and even his date is uncertain, but internal evidence points to a date after the Apollinarian controversy and before the strife connected with the names of' Eutyches and Nestorius, i.e. about the end of the 4th century. His book is an interesting attempt to compile a system of anthropology from the standpoint of the Christian philosophy. Moses and Paul are put side by side with Aristotle and Menander, and there is a clear inclination to Platonic doctrines of pre-existence and metempsychosis. In physiological matters he is in advance of Aristotle and Galen, though we can hardly assertas has sometimes been thoughtthat he anticipated Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood. The treatise is conclusive evidence as to the mutual influence of Christianity and Hellenism in the 4th century. John of Damascus and the sr hoolmen, including Albertus Magnus and Thomas See Also: - THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Aquinas,
Poetae Latini Minores, iii. (1881) ; Cynegetica: ed. M. Haupt (with held Nemesius in high esteem, believing his book to be the work of Gregory of Nyasa, with whom he has much in common. Editions: Antwerp, 1575; Oxford See Also: - OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
, 1671; Halle , 1802; Migne's
Patrol. Gr. vol. 4o. Versions: Latin by Alsanus, ed. Holzinger (1887); by Burgundio , ed. Burkhardt (1891-1896). Literature: Bender , Untersuch. fiber Nemesius (1898). See further Herzog -Hauck's Realencyldop, s.v.
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