Quote of the day
At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
Juan Luis Vives
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