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University of Padua
Overview
The University of Padua (Italian: Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) is an Italian public research university in Padua, Italy. It was founded in 1222 by a group of students and teachers from the University of Bologna, who previously settled in Vicenza; thus, it is the second-oldest university in Italy, as well as the world's fifth-oldest surviving university.
The University of Padua was one of the most prominent universities in early modern Europe, known particularly for the rigor of its Aristotelian logic and science. Together with the University of Bologna, Padua had played a central role in the Italian Renaissance, housing and educating a number of Italian Renaissance mathematicians, amongst them Nicolaus Copernicus. It is also known for its long-standing tradition in medicine and anatomy, linked to great figures such as Andreas Vesalius, the "father of modern anatomy," and Galileo Galilei, who once taught there. The university also proudly houses the world's oldest anatomical theatre (1594), a symbol of Padua's pioneering role in the development of modern medicine.
As of 2021, it is made up of 32 departments and eight schools. Padua is part of a network of historical research universities known as the Coimbra Group. In 2021, the university had approximately 72,000 students including undergraduates, postgraduates, and doctoral students.
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And surely as nature createth brotherhood in families, and arts mechanical contract brotherhoods in communalties, and the anointment of God superinduceth a brotherhood in kings and bishops, so in like manner there cannot but be a fraternity in learning and illumination, relating to that paternity which is attributed to God, who is called the Father of illuminations or lights.
Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning
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Until the age of thirteen he remained under the tuition of his accomplished mother, aided by a private tutor only; under their care he attained the elements of the classics, that education preliminary to the studies of the University. At thirteen he was sent to Trinity College, Cambridge, where his father had been educated. Here he studied diligently the great models of antiquity, mathematics, and philosophy…
Francis Bacon, Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients
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I went to Padua last week to a Galileo anniversary. It was splendidly carried out, and great fun; and they gave all of us foreigners honorary degrees. I rather like being a doctor of the University of Padua, and shall feel more at home than hitherto in the "Merchant of Venice." I have written a letter to the "Nation" about it, which I commend to the attention of your gentle partner.[102] ...
William James, The Letters of William James, Vol. 1
Names University of Padua.
Philosophers who discussed University of Padua
- Francis Bacon
- Giordano Bruno
- René Girard
- Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
- Pietro Pomponazzi
- Antonio Negri
- Nicholas of Cusa
- Marsilius of Padua
- Antonio Rosmini
- Cesare Cremonini (philosopher)
- Paul of Venice
- John Argyropoulos
- Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara
- Jacopo Zabarella
- Lodovico Castelvetro
- Franciscus Patricius
- Theophilos Corydalleus
- Roberto Ardigò
- Giulio Pace
- Sebastian Petrycy
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- Galileo Galilei
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- Italian Renaissance
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- Venice
- World War II
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