About Gerolamo Rorario
Lived 1485 – 1556 (aged 70–71). Gerolamo Rorario was an Italian writer, diplomat and cleric.
Hieronymus Rorarius (Girolamo Rorario), (Pordenone 1485-Pordenone 1556) was at first an envoy on behalf of Charles V of Habsburg, and then a Papal nuncio to the court of Ferdinand of Hungary. In a 1544 pamphlet, Rorarius maintained that animals make better use of reason than men do. After Gabriel Naudé republished the book in 1648, it was reprinted several times, and discussed at length by Pierre Bayle's entry Rorarius in his Historical and Critical Dictionary, where it introduced a critical discussion of the nature of the soul and of Descartes's and Leibniz's philosophies.
Works Quod animalia bruta ratione utantur melius homine, 1544.
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Who was Gerolamo Rorario?
Italian writer
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Gerolamo Rorario was born in 1485 in Pordenone.
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Gerolamo Rorario died in 1556 in Pordenone.
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Gerolamo Rorario was a writer, diplomat and cleric.
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Gerolamo Rorario was Italian.
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· DBpedia: Hieronymus Rorarius
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