Abstract
Gregory of Rimini (d. 1358) was an Italian member of the Augustinian Hermits active toward the middle of the fourteenth century. His major work of theology and philosophy, his commentary on the first and second book of Peter Lombard’s Sentences, reveals a powerful and organized mind, widely read in the philosophical and theological literature from antiquity to his own time, and unafraid of taking seemingly radical views on pressing issues of the day. He had a large impact on many areas of the Scholastic debate right into the sixteenth century. This entry concentrates on two of the most influential areas of his thought: his theory of cognition and his ideas on divine foreknowledge, predestination, and God’s power to change the past.
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Friedman, R.L., Schabel, C. (2018). Gregory of Rimini. In: Lagerlund, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1151-5_198-2
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