Gaius Marius Victorinus
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| - | '''Nature is an infinite sphere, whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere''' is a dictum by [[Blaise Pascal]] from his ''[[Pensées]]''. | + | '''Gaius Marius Victorinus''' (also known as '''Victorinus Afer''', fourth century) was a [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[Philologist|grammarian]], [[rhetorician]] and [[Neoplatonic]] philosopher. Victorinus was African by birth and experienced the height of his career during the reign of [[Constantius II]]. He is also known for translating 2 of [[Aristotle]]'s books from [[ancient Greek]] into Latin: the ''[[Categories (Aristotle)|Categories]]'' and ''[[On Interpretation]]'' (''[[De Interpretatione]]''). |
| - | :[l'univers :] c'est une sphère infinie dont le centre est partout, la circonférence nulle part.[http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:%C5%92uvres_de_Blaise_Pascal,_XII.djvu/399] | + | ==See also== |
| + | *[[God becomes the Universe ]] | ||
| + | * [[Maria (gens)]] | ||
| - | :The definition of God as '[[an infinite sphere, whose centre is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere]]' has its roots in the Liber XXIV philosophorum, a Latin booklet by an anonymous author, which consists of 24 commented definitions of what God is. It has been ascribed to the fourth-century grammarian and philosopher [[Marius Victorinus]], but the earliest extant manuscript dates back to the beginning of the thirteenth century. | ||
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| - | *[[Sphere]] | ||
| - | *"[[The Fearful Sphere of Pascal]]" by [[Borges]] | ||
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Gaius Marius Victorinus (also known as Victorinus Afer, fourth century) was a Roman grammarian, rhetorician and Neoplatonic philosopher. Victorinus was African by birth and experienced the height of his career during the reign of Constantius II. He is also known for translating 2 of Aristotle's books from ancient Greek into Latin: the Categories and On Interpretation (De Interpretatione).
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