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Cesare Cremonini, sometimes Cesare Cremonino ((:ˈtʃeːzare kremoˈniːni); 22 December 1550〔Birth in 1550 is by far the most common date, but sometimes 1552 is found (inferred by some from the assertion that he started teaching at age 21 in 1573, see Pierre Bayle or ()). Thus, some sources will say "ca. 1550", or "1550 or 1552".〕 – 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. His Latinized name was Cæsar Cremoninus.〔("Cæsar Cremoninus", ancient illustration )〕〔("Caesar Cremoninus", International Catalogue of Mediaeval Scientific Manuscripts, Munich University )〕 or Cæsar Cremonius.〔("Cæsar Cremonius", ancient illustration )〕〔("Cæsar Cremonius", Manuscripts Catalogue of Italian litterati, British Library )〕 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.〔Stillman Drake, (''Galileo at work : his scientific biography'', p. 162 ).〕 ==Biography== Cesare Cremonini was born in Cento in the then Papal States. He was a professor of natural philosophy for about 60 years: * From 1573 to 1590 at the University of Ferrara. Starting at a very young age and considered a great talent, he obtained the patronage of Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara〔(Short bio of Cremonini on the Cento site )〕 (to whom he would dedicate his first major book in 1596). The jealousies caused by this protection helped him to eventually accept a position outside his native province. * From 1591〔Some sources say 1590, possibly a wrong inference from his tenure ending in 1590 at Ferrara.〕 until his death〔Some sources say until 1629, possibly because the Italian Plague of 1629–1631 perturbed or stopped lessons, but it's not been sourced.〕 at the University of Padua in Padua, then under Republic of Venice rule (succeeding to Jacopo Zabarella), in a chair of natural philosophy and a chair of medicine. He taught the doctrines of Aristotle, especially as interpreted by Alexander of Aphrodisias and Averroes. He was so popular in his time that most kings and princes had his portrait〔Pierre Bayle, page 224〕 and corresponded with him, sometimes consulting him about private and public affairs.〔''Encyclopædia Universalis''〕 At Padua, his salary was twice that of Galileo. He was especially popular among the French intellectuals who called him "le Cremonin" (the Cremonin); even a remote writer such as Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac mentioned him as "le grand Cremonin" (the great Cremonin) in his ''Lettres''.〔Pierre Bayle, page 224, note C〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cesare Cremonini (philosopher)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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