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19 july 1631 padua of padua , veneto , italy -lrb- then under venetian rule -rrb- , province theophilos corydalleus , gabriel naudé , the libertines early modern philosophy cento province of ferrara , emilia-romagna , italy -lrb- then in the papal states -rrb- , aristotelianism , averroism , scholasticism #b 0c4de aristotle , averroes , alexander of aphrodisias metaphysics -rrb- , astronomy , medicine -lrb- esp . nature of the human soul mortality faith of the soul , separation of reason and 22 december 1550 cremonini.jpg cesare cremonini -lrb- philosopher -rrb-
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cesare cremonini -lrb- philosopher -rrb-

cesare cremonini , sometimes cesare cremonino -lrb- ; 22 december 1550 -- 19 july 1631 -rrb- was an italian professor of natural philosophy , working rationalism -lrb- against revelation -rrb- and aristotelian materialism -lrb- against the dualist immortality of the soul -rrb- inside scholasticism .
his latinized name was cæsar cremoninus .
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 .
