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Albert of Saxony (1320-1390)

Albert of Saxony, born around 1320 in Rickensdorf near Helmstedt, was a German philosopher and mathematician known for his contributions to logic and physics. He studied at the University of Prague and the University of Paris, where he later became a master of arts and a professor from 1351 to 1362. He was also the rector of the University of Paris in 1353. His negotiations with Pope Urban V led to the founding of the University of Vienna in 1365, where he served as the first rector.

Albert’s commentary on Aristotle’s Physics” was widely read, particularly in Italy and central Europe, and his Treatise on Proportions” influenced the application of the theory of proportions to motion. He became the Bishop of Halberstadt in 1366, a position he held until his death in 1390.

De proportionibus. Venezia, Andreas de Paltasichis, 21 July 1487

De proportionibus. [Padova, Johannes Herbort, about 1476-1477]

De proportionibus. Padova, Matthaeus Cerdonis, 20 July 1484

De proportionibus. Padova, Matthaeus Cerdonis, 31 March 1487

Logica Albertucii. Perutilis logica per Petrum Aurelium Sanutum castigata. Venezia, ere ac sollertia haer. Ottaviano I Scoto & C., 1522

Quaestiones in Aristotelis libros de caelo et mundo. Venezia, Otinus de Luna, 9 June 1497

Quaestiones in Aristotelis libros posteriorum (Ed: Johannes Baptista de Tolentino and Jacobus Baptista de Aloisiis). With additions by Jacobus Baptista de Aloisiis and Domitius Palladius. [Venezia], Bonetus Locatellus, for Octavianus Scotus, 9 March 1497

Sophismata. Insolubilia. De obligationibus. Paris, Félix Baligault,1495

Sophismata nuper emendata. Paris, opera Antoine Chappiel & impensis Denis Roce, 1502

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