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==Biography== ==Biography==
Thomaeus was born in ],then part of ] on February 1, 1456 to an ] family from ]<ref name="PulahaMansaku1982">{{cite book|author1=Selami Pulaha|author2=Seit Mansaku|author3=Andromaqi Gjergji|title=Shqiptarët dhe trojet e tyre|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=WZ9IAQAAIAAJ|year=1982|publisher=8 Nëntori|quote=Leonik Tomeu, të dy me origjinë nga Durrësi}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Albanians: an ethnic history from prehistoric times to the present |last=Jacque |first=Edwin |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1994 |publisher=McFarland & Company |location= |isbn=0-89950-932-0 |page= 196|pages= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=IJ2s9sQ9bGkC&pg=PA196 |accessdate=2010-06-14 }}</ref><ref name="Shuteriqi1971">{{cite book|author=Dhimitër S. Shuteriqi|title=Historia e letërsisë shqipe|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=rbFQ55oPe-QC|accessdate=9 June 2012|year=1971|page=130|publisher=Enti i teksteve dhe i mjeteve mësimore i Krahinës Socialiste Autonome të Kosovës|quote=Humanisti i madh i Roterdamit, Erasmi, e çmoi shumë dijen e thellë e të gjerë të Tomeut.}}</ref><ref name="Ajeti1969">{{cite book|author=Idriz Ajeti|title=Simpoziumi per Skenderbeun|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=nDQBAAAAMAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Instituti Albanologjik|quote=Krahas me Aleshin, Gjon dhe Pal Gazullin, Marin Beçikemin dhe Tivarasin u dallua edhe Venedikasi Leonik Tomeu (1456—1531), i cili rrjedh prej një familjeje të shqiptarëve të shpërngulur. Leoniku stu- djoi gjuhën greke dhe latine ne ...}}</ref> or a ] family from ].<ref name=Ossa-Richardson>{{harvnb|Ossa-Richardson|2013|loc=p. 90: "Niccolò Leonico Tomeo (1456–1531), born in Venice to Greek parents, taught philosophy at Padua from 1497, and became known as a translator and interpreter of Aristotle. In 1524, he published a collection of philosophical dialogues, written in an elaborate Latin; the first of these is entitled 'Trophonius, sive, De divinatione'."}}</ref><ref name=Parkinson>{{harvnb|Parkinson|2003|loc=p. 40: "Pomponazzi's Paduan colleague Niccolò Leonico Tomeo (1456–1531) was the first professor to lecture on the Greek text of Aristotle. As a Venetian of Greek parentage, Leonico Tomeo inherited the mantle of Byzantine scholars such as Gaza and Argyropoulos along with that of Italian humanists like Poliziano and Barbaro."}}</ref><ref name=Bietenholz-Deutscher>{{harvnb|Bietenholz|Deutscher|1995|loc=pp. 323–324: "Niccolò LEONICO TOMEO 1 February 1456–28 March 1531 Niccolò Leonico Tomeo (Leonicus Thomaeus) was born in Venice of Epirote Greek parentage and studied Greek in Florence under Demetrios *Chalcondyles. He had apparently been teaching at the University of Padua for some time when he was appointed its first official lecturer on the Greek text of Aristotle in 1497, since the Venetian senate's decree called him 'very popular and acceptable to the students'. Though elected to succeed Giorgio *Valla in the chair of Greek in Venice itself during 1504, he does not appear to have taken the post up seriously and was superseded by *Musurus in 1512. He returned to Padua as soon as the university reopened after the wars of the League of Cambrai, teaching there continuously until his death..."}}</ref> While in ], he studied ] under the tutelage of ].<ref name=Bietenholz-Deutscher/> In 1497, the ] appointed Thomaeus as its first official lecturer on the Greek text of ].<ref name=Ossa-Richardson/><ref name=Bietenholz-Deutscher/> In 1504, he was elected to succeed Giorgio Valla as chair of Greek in Venice, but because Thomaeus failed to take the post seriously, he was succeeded in 1512 by ].<ref name=Bietenholz-Deutscher/> In 1524, Thomaeus published a collection of philosophical dialogues in ], the first of which was titled "Trophonius, sive, De divinatione".<ref name=Ossa-Richardson/> He was admired by scholars such as ] for his philological capabilities.<ref name=Parkinson/> When the University of Padua was reopened after the ], Thomaeus taught at the university until his death on March 28, 1531.<ref name=Bietenholz-Deutscher/> Thomaeus was born in ],then part of ] on February 1, 1456 to an ] family from ]<ref name="PulahaMansaku1982">{{cite book|author1=Selami Pulaha|author2=Seit Mansaku|author3=Andromaqi Gjergji|title=Shqiptarët dhe trojet e tyre|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=WZ9IAQAAIAAJ|year=1982|publisher=8 Nëntori|quote=Leonik Tomeu, të dy me origjinë nga Durrësi}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Albanians: an ethnic history from prehistoric times to the present |last=Jacque |first=Edwin |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1994 |publisher=McFarland & Company |location= |isbn=0-89950-932-0 |page= 196|pages= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=IJ2s9sQ9bGkC&pg=PA196 |accessdate=2010-06-14 }}</ref><ref name="Shuteriqi1971">{{cite book|author=Dhimitër S. Shuteriqi|title=Historia e letërsisë shqipe|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=rbFQ55oPe-QC|accessdate=9 June 2012|year=1971|page=130|publisher=Enti i teksteve dhe i mjeteve mësimore i Krahinës Socialiste Autonome të Kosovës|quote=Humanisti i madh i Roterdamit, Erasmi, e çmoi shumë dijen e thellë e të gjerë të Tomeut.}}</ref><ref name="Ajeti1969">{{cite book|author=Idriz Ajeti|title=Simpoziumi per Skenderbeun|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=nDQBAAAAMAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Instituti Albanologjik|quote=Krahas me Aleshin, Gjon dhe Pal Gazullin, Marin Beçikemin dhe Tivarasin u dallua edhe Venedikasi Leonik Tomeu (1456—1531), i cili rrjedh prej një familjeje të shqiptarëve të shpërngulur. Leoniku stu- djoi gjuhën greke dhe latine ne ...}}</ref> or a ] family from ].<ref name=Ossa-Richardson>{{harvnb|Ossa-Richardson|2013|loc=p. 90: "Niccolò Leonico Tomeo (1456–1531), born in Venice to Greek parents, taught philosophy at Padua from 1497, and became known as a translator and interpreter of Aristotle. In 1524, he published a collection of philosophical dialogues, written in an elaborate Latin; the first of these is entitled 'Trophonius, sive, De divinatione'."}}</ref><ref name=Parkinson>{{harvnb|Parkinson|2003|loc=p. 40: "Pomponazzi's Paduan colleague Niccolò Leonico Tomeo (1456–1531) was the first professor to lecture on the Greek text of Aristotle. As a Venetian of Greek parentage, Leonico Tomeo inherited the mantle of Byzantine scholars such as Gaza and Argyropoulos along with that of Italian humanists like Poliziano and Barbaro."}}</ref><ref name=Bietenholz-Deutscher>{{harvnb|Bietenholz|Deutscher|1995|loc=pp. 323–324: "Niccolò LEONICO TOMEO 1 February 1456–28 March 1531 Niccolò Leonico Tomeo (Leonicus Thomaeus) was born in Venice of Epirote Greek parentage and studied Greek in Florence under Demetrios *Chalcondyles. He had apparently been teaching at the University of Padua for some time when he was appointed its first official lecturer on the Greek text of Aristotle in 1497, since the Venetian senate's decree called him 'very popular and acceptable to the students'. Though elected to succeed Giorgio *Valla in the chair of Greek in Venice itself during 1504, he does not appear to have taken the post up seriously and was superseded by *Musurus in 1512. He returned to Padua as soon as the university reopened after the wars of the League of Cambrai, teaching there continuously until his death..."}}</ref> While in ], he studied ] under the tutelage of ].<ref name=Bietenholz-Deutscher/> In 1497, the ] appointed Thomaeus as its first official lecturer on the Greek text of ].<ref name=Ossa-Richardson/><ref name=Bietenholz-Deutscher/> In 1504, he was elected to succeed Giorgio Valla as chair of Greek in Venice, but because Thomaeus failed to take the post seriously, he was succeeded in 1512 by ].<ref name=Bietenholz-Deutscher/> In 1524, Thomaeus published a collection of philosophical dialogues in ], the first of which was titled "Trophonius, sive, De divinatione".<ref name=Ossa-Richardson/> He was admired by scholars such as ] for his philological capabilities.<ref name=Parkinson/> When the University of Padua was reopened after the ], Thomaeus taught at the university until his death on March 28, 1531.<ref name=Bietenholz-Deutscher/>


==See also== ==See also==

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Nicholas Leonicus Thomaeus (Template:Lang-it; 1456–1531) was a Venetian scholar and professor of philosophy at the University of Padua.

Biography

Thomaeus was born in Durazzo,then part of Republic of Venice on February 1, 1456 to an Albanian family from Durazzo or a Greek family from Epirus. While in Florence, he studied Greek under the tutelage of Demetrios Chalcondyles. In 1497, the University of Padua appointed Thomaeus as its first official lecturer on the Greek text of Aristotle. In 1504, he was elected to succeed Giorgio Valla as chair of Greek in Venice, but because Thomaeus failed to take the post seriously, he was succeeded in 1512 by Marcus Musurus. In 1524, Thomaeus published a collection of philosophical dialogues in Latin, the first of which was titled "Trophonius, sive, De divinatione". He was admired by scholars such as Erasmus for his philological capabilities. When the University of Padua was reopened after the wars of the League of Cambrai, Thomaeus taught at the university until his death on March 28, 1531.

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References

Citations

  1. Selami Pulaha; Seit Mansaku; Andromaqi Gjergji (1982). Shqiptarët dhe trojet e tyre. 8 Nëntori. Leonik Tomeu, të dy me origjinë nga Durrësi
  2. Jacque, Edwin (1994). The Albanians: an ethnic history from prehistoric times to the present. McFarland & Company. p. 196. ISBN 0-89950-932-0. Retrieved 2010-06-14. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. Dhimitër S. Shuteriqi (1971). Historia e letërsisë shqipe. Enti i teksteve dhe i mjeteve mësimore i Krahinës Socialiste Autonome të Kosovës. p. 130. Retrieved 9 June 2012. Humanisti i madh i Roterdamit, Erasmi, e çmoi shumë dijen e thellë e të gjerë të Tomeut.
  4. Idriz Ajeti (1969). Simpoziumi per Skenderbeun. Instituti Albanologjik. Krahas me Aleshin, Gjon dhe Pal Gazullin, Marin Beçikemin dhe Tivarasin u dallua edhe Venedikasi Leonik Tomeu (1456—1531), i cili rrjedh prej një familjeje të shqiptarëve të shpërngulur. Leoniku stu- djoi gjuhën greke dhe latine ne ...
  5. ^ Ossa-Richardson 2013, p. 90: "Niccolò Leonico Tomeo (1456–1531), born in Venice to Greek parents, taught philosophy at Padua from 1497, and became known as a translator and interpreter of Aristotle. In 1524, he published a collection of philosophical dialogues, written in an elaborate Latin; the first of these is entitled 'Trophonius, sive, De divinatione'."
  6. ^ Parkinson 2003, p. 40: "Pomponazzi's Paduan colleague Niccolò Leonico Tomeo (1456–1531) was the first professor to lecture on the Greek text of Aristotle. As a Venetian of Greek parentage, Leonico Tomeo inherited the mantle of Byzantine scholars such as Gaza and Argyropoulos along with that of Italian humanists like Poliziano and Barbaro."
  7. ^ Bietenholz & Deutscher 1995, pp. 323–324: "Niccolò LEONICO TOMEO 1 February 1456–28 March 1531 Niccolò Leonico Tomeo (Leonicus Thomaeus) was born in Venice of Epirote Greek parentage and studied Greek in Florence under Demetrios *Chalcondyles. He had apparently been teaching at the University of Padua for some time when he was appointed its first official lecturer on the Greek text of Aristotle in 1497, since the Venetian senate's decree called him 'very popular and acceptable to the students'. Though elected to succeed Giorgio *Valla in the chair of Greek in Venice itself during 1504, he does not appear to have taken the post up seriously and was superseded by *Musurus in 1512. He returned to Padua as soon as the university reopened after the wars of the League of Cambrai, teaching there continuously until his death..."

Sources

Further reading

  • De Bellis, Daniela (1975). "Niccolò Leonico Tomeo interprete di Aristotele naturalista". Physis: Rivista internazionale di storia della scienza (in Italian). 17 (1–2): 71–93.
  • De Bellis, Daniela (1980). "La vita e l'ambiente di Niccolo Leonico Tomeo". Quaderni per la storia dell'Universita di Padova (in Italian). 13: 37–75.
  • De Bellis, Daniela (1981). "I veicoli dell'anima nell'analisi di Niccolo Leonico Tomeo". Annali dell'Istituto di filosofia, Universita di Firenze (in Italian). 3: 1–21.
  • Serena, A. (1903). "Niccolò Leonico Tomeo". Appunti Letterari (in Italian). Rome: 5–32.

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