Chapter Ten: Vives’ Parisian Writings
The chronology of Joan Lluis Vives' sojourn in Paris has been radically revised-both regarding his studies and his tirocinium in the classroom-after the sensational discovery by Professor Enrique Gonzalez y Gonzalez of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico of a hitherto unknown edition of Vives' early works published in Lyons in 1514. Just a few years ago another important discovery of a work by Vives from this Parisian period was made by Marcus de Schepper, rare book librarian at the Bibliotheque Royale in Brussels. In all of the Paris writings Vives demonstrates that the reform of education and the systematic review of universal learning was a project which was maturing in his mind from his earliest years as a teacher. His encyclopedic interests are already evident: astronomy, natural and moral philosophy, dialectic, rhetoric, law, theology. Keywords: Juan Luis Vives; Paris writings; Parisian period; pietistic writings