
HoP 384 - We Are Not Our Own - John Calvin
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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Calvin's Geneva Was the Most Famous School of Christ in the Scottish Confederacy
Calvin fled his native france in 15 35 after being educated as a lawyer and humanist. His writing career began with commentary on a work by seneca. He lived in several cities where protestantism was on the rise, notably strasburg. Calvin's city of geneva became a magnet for other like minded dissidents.
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