Simone Porzio [SEP] place of death
Simone Porzio
Simone Porzio (Simon Portius) (1496–1554) was an Italian philosopher, born and died in Naples.
Life.
Like his greater contemporary, Pomponazzi, he was a lecturer on medicine at Pisa (1546–1552), and in later life gave up purely scientific study for speculation on the nature of man. His philosophic theory was identical with that of Pomponazzi, whose "De immortalitate animi" he defended and amplified in a treatise "De mente humana". There is told of him a story which
and incapable of separate existence.
Simone Porzio was the father of Camillo Porzio.
References.
- Attribution
External links.
- "A Universal Biographical Dictionary" — Simone Porzio; entry by Simon Porta.