Philosophers in Naples
The atlas holds 11 people and 21 moments here, from 55 BC to 1951. The most recorded lives are Thomas Aquinas, Cicero and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Notable people
Thomas Aquinas
from 1239 to 1273
5 moments here
Italian Dominican friar, priest, theologian, and philosopher. His documented movements connected family residences in southern Italy, Dominican and…
Cicero
from 55 BC to 44 BC
4 moments here
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC) was a Roman lawyer, orator, philosopher, consul, provincial governor, and defender of the late Republic.…
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
in 1787
3 moments here
German poet, dramatist, novelist, scientist, theatre director, and statesman. Born in Frankfurt, Goethe studied in Leipzig and Strasbourg, practiced…
Giordano Bruno
from 1562 to 1565
2 moments here
Italian Renaissance philosopher, Dominican friar, writer, and cosmological theorist. Born at Nola, Bruno studied and lived in Italy, Switzerland,…
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
in 1863
1 moment here
Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
in 1689
1 moment here
German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…
Jean-Paul Sartre
in 1951
1 moment here
French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…
Arthur Schopenhauer
in 1819
1 moment here
German philosopher and writer, born in Danzig and dead in Frankfurt am Main. His documented movements included childhood residences in Hamburg and Le…
Petrarch
in 1341
1 moment here
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was an Italian scholar, poet, cleric, diplomat, and foundational humanist.…
Montesquieu
in 1729
1 moment here
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was a French jurist, historian, and political philosopher.…
Seneca the Younger
in 65
1 moment here
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, commonly called Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, writer, and statesman.…
Moments
- 55 BC Stays at Cumae Cicero
- 54 BC Spring residence at Cumae Cicero
- 44 BC Reaches Puteoli Cicero
- 44 BC Stops at his Cuman house Cicero
- 65 Return from Campania Seneca the Younger
- 1239 Student at Naples Thomas Aquinas
- 1244 Escape route through Naples Thomas Aquinas
- 1260 Return to Naples as general preacher Thomas Aquinas
- 1272 Regent master at the new Naples studium Thomas Aquinas
- 1273 Lenten preaching in Naples Thomas Aquinas
- 1341 Visit to Naples before coronation Petrarch
- 1562 Studies in Naples Giordano Bruno
- 1565 Entered San Domenico Maggiore Giordano Bruno
- 1689 Visit to Naples Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1729 Arrival in Naples Montesquieu
- 1787 Arrives in Naples Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1787 Lodges at Largo del Castello Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1787 Returns to Naples from Sicily Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1819 Visit to Naples Arthur Schopenhauer
- 1863 Visited Naples during the 1863 journey Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1951 Return visit to Naples Jean-Paul Sartre