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Maccovius

Born: 1588 in Lobzenic, Poland

Died: 1644 in Franeker, The Netherlands

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Maccovius was a Reformed theologian, who made extensive use of scholastic methods for polemical purposes.

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  1. Evangelical Theological Faculty, Louvain, Belgium

    Gert van den Brink

  2. Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Gert van den Brink

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  1. University of Verona, Mantova, Italy

    Marco Sgarbi

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    Paul Richard Blum

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van den Brink, G. (2017). Maccovius. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_1185-1

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