Juan Luis Vives

Juan Luis Vives
Anonymous portrait of Juan Luis Vives, Museo del Prado
Born	6 March 1493 Valencia, Crown of Aragon
Died	6 May 1540(1540-05-06) (aged 47) Bruges, Burgundian Netherlands
Era	Renaissance philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Renaissance humanism
Main interests	Psychology, education
Notable ideas	Study of the psyche
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Juan Luis Vives y March (Latin: Joannes Lodovicus Vives, lit. 'Juan Luis Vives'; Catalan: Joan Lluís Vives i March; Dutch: Jan Ludovicus Vives; 6 March 1493^[1] – 6 May 1540) was a Spanish (Valencian) scholar and Renaissance humanist who spent most of his adult life in the southern Habsburg Netherlands. His beliefs on the soul, insight into early medical practice, and perspective on emotions, memory and learning earned him the title of the "father" of modern psychology.^[2] Vives was the first to shed light on some key ideas that established how psychology is perceived today.