Cesare Cremonini (philosopher)
Cesare Cremonini (Italian: [ˈtʃeːzare kremoˈniːni, ˈtʃɛː-]; 22 December 1550 – 19 July 1631), sometimes Cesare Cremonino, was an Italian professor of natural philosophy, working rationalism (against revelation) and Aristotelian materialism (against the dualist immortality of the soul) inside scholasticism. His Latinized name was Cæsar Cremoninus or Cæsar Cremonius.
Cesare Cremonini | |
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| Born | 22 December 1550 Cento, Papal States (now Province of Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy) |
| Died | 19 July 1631 (aged 80) Padua, Republic of Venice (now Province of Padua, Veneto, Italy) |
| Era | Renaissance philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Aristotelianism Averroism Scholasticism |
Main interests | Metaphysics, astronomy, medicine |
Notable ideas | Mortality of the soul, separation of reason and faith |
Considered one of the greatest philosophers in his time, patronized by Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, corresponding with kings and princes who had his portrait, paid twice the salary of Galileo Galilei, he is now more remembered as an infamous side actor of the Galileo affair, being one of the two scholars who refused to look through Galileo's telescope.
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