Ottavio Scarlattini

Ottavio Scarlattini (1623 – 1699) was an Italian philosopher, mathematician and theologian.

Biography Ottavio Scarlattini became a Canon Regular of the Lateran at Bologna in 1639, and then he was appointed Archpriest of Villa Fontana in Medicina. Translated into Latin, the work became well known across Europe. His 1683 publication L'huomo, e sue parti figurato, e simbolico, anatomico, rationale, morale, mistico, politico, e legale was a discourse on the symbolism of the parts of the human body; giving each part an anatomical, rational, moral, mystic, political, and legal analysis.

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