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Girolamo Borro

Italian philosopher (1512-1592) · Academics · Died at 80

Girolamo Borro latinized as Hieronomyus Borrius was an Italian philosopher and a professor at the University of Pisa. He belonged to a group of natural philosophers who rejected appeals to the supernatural and occult to explain phenomena.

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He is thought to have influenced Galileo and Borro's ideas were published in dialogue form in a book on tides Dialogo del flusso e reflusso del mare (1561). Another book by Borro was on moving bodies, De motu gravium et levium (1575). He also authored some manuscripts including Multae sunt nostrarum ignorationum causae.

Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1512 to 1592 · aged 80