Justus Lipsius (Joost Lips) (1547-1606)

Subject Fields

Philologist and Humanist

Born

Overyssche, Belgium

Famous for

Writing a series of works to revive ancient Stoicism in a form that would be compatible with Christianity. His two most famous books De ConstantiaLibri Duo (1584) and Politicorum sive Civilis Doctrinae Libri Sex (1589) he wrote in Leiden.

Researcher in Leiden

1579-1692

Today in Leiden

Lipsius building of the faculty of arts (Visiting address)