Philosopher
Antonio Persio
Overview
Antonio Persio (17 May 1542 – 11 February 1612) was an Italian philosopher of the Platonic school who opposed the Aristotelianism which predominated in the universities of his time. He was a member of the Accademia dei Lincei and an associate of Galileo Galilei.
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Ideas Antonio Persio discusses
- Platonism in the Renaissance
- Tommaso Campanella
- Philology
- Rome
- Galileo Galilei
- Aristotelianism
- Padua
- Naples
- Republic of Venice
- Bernardino Telesio
Place in the tradition
Part of Empiricism.