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Bernardi, Antonio

Born: 1502, Mirandola, Italy

Died: 1565, Bologna, Italy

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Antonio Bernardi was a controversial Aristotelian humanist and a courtier at the court of the Farnese family. His positions in theoretical philosophy had a great impact on Jesuit scholasticism, and his views on ethics were discussed until mid-eighteenth century.

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    Marinheiro, C.S. (2020). Bernardi, Antonio. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_341-1

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