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Julius Caesar Scaliger (della Scala, Scaligeri, Bordon, Bordonius), 1484-1558. Catholic humanist philosopher, physician and botanist. A stout follower of Aristotle, he won fame for his vitriolic attacks on Erasmus. His views on literature, which placed Seneca and Virgil above the Greeks, were widely followed.

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• Catalog of the Scientific Community: Scaliger, Julius Caesar

  http://galileo.rice.edu/Catalog/NewFiles/scaliger.html
  Biographical information presented as part of the Galileo Project.

• Catholic Encyclopedia: Julius Caesar Scaliger

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13506a.htm
  Article by Paul Lejay on this scholar's life and writings.

• Wikipedia: Julius Caesar Scaliger

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar_Scaliger
  Entry incorporating material from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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