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PATRIZZI, See also:FRANCESCO (FRANCISCUS PATRITIUS) (1529-1597) , See also:Italian philosopher and scientist, was See also:born at Clissa, in See also:Dalmatia, and died in See also:Rome. He gained the patronage of the See also:bishop of See also:Cyprus, who brought him to See also:Venice, where his abilities were immediately recognized by his See also:appointment to the See also:chair of See also:philosophy at See also:Ferrara. He was subsequently invited to Rome by See also:Clement VIII. In spite of his almost incessant controversies with the Aristotelians, he found See also:time to make a comprehensive study of contemporary See also:science. He published in 15 books a See also:treatise on the New See also:Geometry (1587), and See also:works on See also:history, See also:rhetoric and the See also:art of See also:war. He studied See also:ancient theories of See also:music, and is said to have invented the thirteen-syllable See also:verse known subsequently as versi martelliani. In his philosophy he was mainly concerned to defend See also:Plato against the followers of See also:Aristotle. His two See also:great works, Discussionum peripateticorum libri X V. (See also:Basel, 1571), and Nova de universis philosophia (Basel, 1591), See also:developed the view that, whereas Aristotle's teaching was in See also:direct opposition to See also:Christianity, Plato, on the contrary, foreshadowed the See also:Christian See also:revelation and prepared the way for its See also:acceptance. In the earlier treatise he attacks the See also:life and See also:character of Aristotle, impugns the authenticity of almost all his works, and attempts to refute his doctrines from a theological standpoint. In the second and greater See also:work he goes back to the theories and methods of the See also:Ionians and the pre-Socratics generally. His theory of the universe is that, from See also:God there emanated See also:Light which extends throughout space and is the explanation of all development.

This Light is not corporeal and yet is the fundamental reality of things. From Light came See also:

Heat and Fluidity; these three together with Space make. up the elements out of which all things are constructed. This See also:cosmic theory is a curious See also:combination of materialistic and abstract ideas; the See also:influence of his See also:master See also:Telesio (q.v.), generally predominant, is not strong enough to overcome his inherent disbelief in the adequacy of purely scientific explanation.

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