Juan Luis Vives - Major Works

Major Works

  • Opuscula varia (1519), collection of small works include Vives' first philosophical works, De initiis, sectis et laudibus philosophiae.
  • Adversus pseudodialecticos (1520)
  • De subventione pauperum. Sive de humanis necessitatibus libri II (1525), dealing with the problem of poverty.
  • De Europae dissidis et Republica (1526).
  • De concordia et discordia in humano genere (1529).
  • De pacificatione (1529).
  • Quam misera esset vita chistianorum sub Turca (1529).
  • De disciplinis libri XX (1531). An encyclopedical work, divided into three parts: De causis corruptarum artium, De tradendis disciplinis and De artibus
  • De conscribendis epistolis (1534), a treatise on letter writing.
  • De anima et vita (1538)
  • De Europeae statu ac tumultibus, a mediation addressing to the Pope to ask peace between the Christian princes.
  • Introductio ad sapientiam (1524), the most important of his pedagogical works.
  • De institutione feminae christianae, was dedicated to Catherine of Aragon.

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