William of Conches, historically sometimes anglicized as William Shelley, was a medieval Norman-French scholastic philosopher who sought to expand the bounds of Christian humanism by studying secular works of classical literature and fostering empirical science. He was a prominent Chartrain.
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![Tonsured William of Conches (Magister Wilhelmus, "Master William") teaching the Duke of Normandy that "A thing existing in itself is said to be a substance" (Res extans per se substancia dicitur esse) in a medieval copy of the Dragmaticon (Beck MS 12, c. 1230)"}},"i":0}}]}" id="mwDw">(Beck MS 12, c. 1230)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/William_of_Conches.jpg/1280px-William_of_Conches.jpg)
Tonsured William of Conches (Magister Wilhelmus, "Master William") teaching the Duke of Normandy that "A thing existing in itself is said to be a substance" (Res extans per se substancia dicitur esse) in a medieval copy of the Dragmaticon (Beck MS 12, c. 1230)"}},"i":0}}]}" id="mwDw">(Beck MS 12, c. 1230)
Relief of William from his tombstone, originally at St Germanus's Church (Église St-Germain) in Tilleul but now displayed at St Faith's Church (Église Ste-Foy) in Conches-en-OucheAcademics born in the 1080s 6
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William of Conches, historically sometimes anglicized as William Shelley, was a medieval Norman-French scholastic philosopher who sought to expand the bounds of Christian humanism by studying secular works of classical literature and fostering empirical science. He was a prominent Chartrain. John of Salisbury, a bishop of Chartres and former student of William's, refers to William as the most talented grammarian of the time, after his former teacher Bernard of Chartres.
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