Giulio Cesare Vanini
Italian philosopher · Academics · Lived 1585 to 1619 · aged 34
Lucilio Vanini, who, in his works, styled himself Giulio Cesare Vanini, was an Italian philosopher, physician and free-thinker, who was one of the first significant representatives of intellectual libertinism. He was among the first modern thinkers who viewed the universe as an entity governed by natural laws.
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He was also an early literate proponent of biological evolution, maintaining that humans and other apes have common ancestors. He was executed in Toulouse.
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Academics
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Academic
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Deceased
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Lived 1585 to 1619 · aged 34
