Note 2 — Chapter III · THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: THE PROCESSION
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
Jean Buridan (circa 1300–circa 1360), a famous scholastic doctor, who was several times rector of the university of Paris and subsequently founded the university of Vienna. He forms the subject of many legends, including that of the argument known by his name, of which no trace is to be found in any of his works.—Translator’s Note. ↑