Juan Luis Vives

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vives and the second or maternal family name is March.

Juan Luis Vives
Anonymous portrait of Juan Luis Vives, Museo del Prado
Born6 March 1493
Valencia, Crown of Aragon
Died6 May 1540(1540-05-06) (aged 47)
Bruges, Burgundian Netherlands
EraRenaissance philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolRenaissance humanism
Main interests
Psychology, education
Notable ideas
Study of the psyche
Signature

Juan Luis Vives y March (Latin: Joannes Lodovicus Vives, lit. 'Juan Luis Vives'; Catalan: Joan Lluís Vives i March; Dutch: Jan Ludovicus Vives; 6 March 1493[1] – 6 May 1540) was a Spanish (Valencian) scholar and Renaissance humanist who spent most of his adult life in the southern Habsburg Netherlands. His beliefs on the soul, insight into early medical practice, and perspective on emotions, memory and learning earned him the title of the "father" of modern psychology.[2] Vives was the first to shed light on some key ideas that established how psychology is perceived today.

  1. ^ "Juan Luis Vives Joannes Ludovicus Vives". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  2. ^ Watson (1915), p. 333