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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description : | Justus Lipsius (Joose Lips or Josse Lips) (18 October 1547 – 23 March 1606) was a Southern-Netherlandish (Belgian) philologist and humanist. Lipsius wrote a series of works designed to revive ancient Stoicism in a form that would be compatible with Christianity. The most famous of these is De Constantia (On Constancy). His form of Stoicism influenced a number of contemporary thinkers, creating the intellectual movement of Neostoicism. He taught at the universities in Jena, Leiden and Leuven. His ideas about the ideal citizen—a man that acts according to reason, is answerable to himself, is in control of his emotions, and is ready to fight—found wide acceptance in the turbulent times of the Reformation. This Lipsian view, translated to politics, entails rationalisation of the state and its apparatus of government, autocratic rule by the prince, discipline dispensed to subjects, and strong military defence. These principles lie at the foundation of the early modern state |
| Face value | 0,70 Euro |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 3548 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | BE 2140 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier BE 3485 Stanley Gibbons BE 3989 Belgium BE 3500 WADP Numbering System - WNS BE029.06 Unificato BE 3492 |
| Stamp colour | brown |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Issue date | 18/03/2006 |
| Designer | Guillaume Broux |
| Paper type | Stamp |
| Print technique | Offset lithography and Recess |
| Perforation | 11 1/2 |
| Height | 40.00 mm |
| Width | 27.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
