Philosopher

Giles of Lessines

Overview

Giles of Lessines OP (c. 1230 – c. 1304) was a thirteenth-century Dominican scholastic philosopher, a pupil of Thomas Aquinas. He was also strongly influenced by Albertus Magnus. He was an early defender of Thomism.

He is also known as an early scientist, and for economic theory, writing on usury and market prices.

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Ideas Giles of Lessines discusses

• Albertus Magnus
• Thomas Aquinas
• Usury
• Scholasticism
• Thomism
• Dominican Order

Place in the tradition

Part of Thomism.

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