Major Works
- Opuscula varia (1519), collection of small works include Vives' first philosophical works, De initiis, sectis et laudibus philosophiae.
- Adversus pseudodialecticos (1520)
- De subventione pauperum. Sive de humanis necessitatibus libri II (1525), dealing with the problem of poverty.
- De Europae dissidis et Republica (1526).
- De concordia et discordia in humano genere (1529).
- De pacificatione (1529).
- Quam misera esset vita chistianorum sub Turca (1529).
- De disciplinis libri XX (1531). An encyclopedical work, divided into three parts: De causis corruptarum artium, De tradendis disciplinis and De artibus
- De conscribendis epistolis (1534), a treatise on letter writing.
- De anima et vita (1538)
- De Europeae statu ac tumultibus, a mediation addressing to the Pope to ask peace between the Christian princes.
- Introductio ad sapientiam (1524), the most important of his pedagogical works.
- De institutione feminae christianae, was dedicated to Catherine of Aragon.
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