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All these books were written by idle, unoccupied, ignorant men, the slaves of vice and filth. I wonder what it is that delights us in these books unless it be that we are attracted by indecency. Learning is not to be expected from authors who never saw even a shadow of learning. As for their story-telling, what pleasure is to be derived from the things they invent, full of lies and stupidity?

Juan Luis Vives

Juan Luis Vives

Juan Luis Vives

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Born: March 6, 1493

Died: May 6, 1540 (aged 47)

Bio: Juan Luis Vives was a Valencian scholar and humanist who spent most of his adult life in the Southern Netherlands.

Known for:

The Education of a Christian Woman
On assistance to the poor
Tudor School-Boy Life
Tratado del alma

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