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Buridan, Jean
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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A scholastic doctor of the 14th century, born in Artois, and famous as the reputed author, though there is no evidence of it in his works, of the puzzle of the hungry and thirsty ass, called after him Buridan's Ass, between a bottle of hay and a pail of water, a favourite illustration of his in discussing the freedom of the will.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Buridan, Jean'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/buridan-jean.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Buridan, Jean'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/buridan-jean.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
