Vision of disorder biography of martin luther

If you wanted to invite a few historical figures to a friendly party, Martin Luther might not be high on your list. With a reputation for being temperamental, coarse and argumentative, he could have put a damper on the most jovial of festivities.

On the other hand, if you needed to call on someone to champion your position in a debate, you would do well to choose him—as long as he believed in your case and you weren’t too concerned about alienating some of your opponents.

While at the University of Erfurt, one of the oldest universities in Germany, Luther spent so much time debating that he earned the nickname “the philosopher.”