Justus Lipsius, Flemish philologist and scholar (born 1547)

Justus Lipsius

Flemish philologist, philosopher and humanist (1547–1606)

Justus Lipsius was a Flemish Catholic philologist, philosopher, and humanist. Lipsius wrote a series of works designed to revive ancient Stoicism in a form that would be compatible with Christianity. The most famous of these is De Constantia. His form of Stoicism influenced a…