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Ramist n. : A follower of Pierre Rame, better known as Ramus, a celebrated French scholar, who was professor of rhetoric and philosophy at Paris in the reign of Henry II., and opposed the Aristotelians.

Example:
How was Ramist logic and covenantal theology applied to Puritan theology and life?

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Ramism, Ramus, Ramist, logic, rhetoric, Peter Ramus, translation, Petrus Ramus, Logicians, Seventeenth Century, dialectic, Rhetoricians, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Detroit, Thomson Gale, Biography series, Language, History.

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Ramist teaching, there still could be dislike and negative reactions, stemming from the perceived personality of ... The Ramist system was introduced into Cambridge University by Sir William Temple, in 1580, and contributed to the growth of Cambridge Platonism. ... 


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