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Article: Ramus, Peter
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RAMUS, PETER
also known as
Pierre de La
Ram
é
e
(
b
. Cuts, Vermandois, France, 1515;
d
. Paris, France, 26 August 1572),
logic and method, pedagogy, mathematics, astronomy, optics, mechanics.
Born into a family that had lost its wealth but not its title of nobility with the sack of Li
è
ge in 1468, Ramus was the son of Jacques de La Ram
é
e, a laborer, and Jeanne Charpentier. After a primary education at home, in 1527 he entered the University of Paris (Coll
è
ge de Navarre), where he met his costs by working as a manservant. Apparently an outstanding student, he first drew widespread attention in 1536 with his defense of an M.A. thesis,
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Quaecumque ab Aristotele ...