Lucilio Vanini
July 21, 2014 at 5:54 am
(This post was last modified: July 21, 2014 at 5:58 am by Mudhammam.)
Per Wiki, Lucilio Vanini (1585 – February 9, 1619) "was an Italian free-thinker" who opposed the Roman Church, was arrested on charges of atheism and for promoting anti-Christian ideas, "and after a prolonged trial was condemned to have his tongue cut out, and to be strangled at the stake, his body to be afterwards burned to ashes." Before his arrest and subsequent torture and execution (and this is where I am soliciting your help), "he tried to clear himself of suspicion by publishing a book against atheism, Amphitheatrum Aeternae Providentiae Divino-Magicum (1615). Though the definitions of God are somewhat pantheistic, the book served its immediate purpose. That the book does not expound Vanini's actual views, which he expressly stated in his second work, De Admirandis Naturae Reginae Deaeque Mortalium Arcanis (Paris, 1616), which, originally certified by two doctors of the Sorbonne, was later re-examined and condemned."
I am really interested in reading his second book so I did a Google search but was left with the impression that his works are only available in Italian, which if true, will leave me sorely disappointed as I do not speak Italian. Is anyone familiar with Vanini and/or whether or not his works exist in English?
I am really interested in reading his second book so I did a Google search but was left with the impression that his works are only available in Italian, which if true, will leave me sorely disappointed as I do not speak Italian. Is anyone familiar with Vanini and/or whether or not his works exist in English?
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