Background
He was born in Leiden and graduated from the University of Leiden, where he had the chair of philosophy from 1643.
He was born in Leiden and graduated from the University of Leiden, where he had the chair of philosophy from 1643.
Leiden University.
Heereboord sympathised with the new thinking of René Descartes, but was also influenced by Petrus Ramus and Francis Bacon. He clashed almost immediately at Leiden with Jacobus Revius and Adam Steuart, standing respectively for traditional metaphysics and theology. A combative drinker, Heereboord became an embattled figure in the university, with his private life the subject of pamphlets, and in the end dropped out of his duties.