william of auvergne

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French Guillaume d'Auvergne born after 1180, Aurillac, France died 1249, Paris French philosopher and theologian. Named bishop of Paris in 1228, William was a reformer who defended the rising mendicant orders against attacks by the secular clergy. After the church condemned the works of Aristotle, he became one of the first Western scholars to attempt to incorporate into Christianity whatever in Aristotle's thought was compatible with it. He was influenced by Avicenna and by the Neoplatonism of St. Augustine. His principal work, written in 1223-40, is Magisterium divinale ("The Divine Teaching")

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Wil·liam of Au·vergne