Cesare Cremonini
Philosopher
Cesare Cremonini, sometimes Cesare Cremonino (22 December 1550 – 19 July 1631) was an Italian professor of natural philosophy, working rationalism (against revelation) and Aristotelian materialism (against the dualist immortality of the soul) inside scholasticism. He signed his Latin texts Cæsar Cremoninus (and its genitive form Cæsaris Cremonini at the start of some titles), or Cæsar Cremonius.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[1].
Personal facts
| Alias (AKA) | Cremonino Cesare (alternate name); Cremoninus Cæsar (latin texts byline 1); Cremonini Cæsaris (Latin genitive of Cæsar Cremoninus at the start of some titles); Cremonius Cæsar (latin texts byline 2); Cremonin le (French for the Cremonin old alternate in Naudé ca. 1630); Cremonin César (French old alternate in Bayle 1697); Crémonin César (French old alternate); Crémonini César (French old alternate in Franck 1844 Larousse 1869); Cremonini César (French old alternate in Hoefer 1857 Bouillet 1878); Cremonini C |
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| Birth date | December 22, 1550 |
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| Birth place | Italy , Province of Ferrara , Papal States , Emilia-Romagna , Cento |
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| Date of death | July 19, 1631 |
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| Place of death | Italy , Province of Padua , Padua , Veneto |
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