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Grosseteste [ˈgrəʊsˌtɛst] n (Biographies / Grosseteste, Robert (?1175-1253) M, English, RELIGION: clergyman, MISC: scholar) Robert. ?1175-1253, English prelate and scholar; bishop of Lincoln (1235-53). He attacked ecclesiastical abuses and wrote commentaries on Aristotle and treatises on theology, philosophy, and science How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Grosseteste was an influential philosopher and theologian whose range of knowledge and interests were truly broad. but Basil invented a genre followed poetically by George of Pisidia in the East, and Ambrose and Robert Grosseteste in the West. Even Bishop Grosseteste, no friend of the Jews, advised Christians to patronize the more reasonable Jewish moneylenders and shun the Christian usurers because they were "all without mercy. |
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