Francisco Zumel was a Spanish

Spain

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 philosopher and ecclesiastic. He was superior general of the Mercedarian Order and professor of physics

Physics

Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...

 and moral philosophy at the University of Salamanca

University of Salamanca

The University of Salamanca is a Spanish higher education institution, located in the town of Salamanca, west of Madrid. It was founded in 1134 and given the Royal charter of foundation by King Alfonso IX in 1218. It is the oldest founded university in Spain and the third oldest European...

. He was a Thomist and is most remembered for his polemical writings against the molinistas, the followers of Luis Molina

Luis Molina

Luis de Molina , was a Spanish Jesuit priest and a staunch Scholastic defender of 'human liberty' in the Divine grace and human liberty controversy of the Renaissance ....

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His works were written in Latin

Latin

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 and some of them remain in the Vatican Library

Vatican Library

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, and thus far unpublished.

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Francisco Zumel