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Franjo Petris (Franciscus Patricius, a Croat
born on the island of Cres, 1529-1597), a philosopher, mathematician
and astronomer, was lecturing at the University of Ferrara and
in Sapienza in Rome. During his stay on Cyprus (then belonging
to Venice) he created a rich collection of Greek manuscripts,
that finished in the Escorial. With his philosophical views of
neoplatonism and sharp anti-aristotelism he influenced Giordano
Bruno. His most important books are Nova de universis philosophia
(New general philosophy) and La citta felice (A happy society),
published in Padova, treating the organization of ideal society,
a forerunner of Campanella's "Civitas Solis" (1623). He is buried
in the Torquato Tasso tomb in the church of St Onofrius in Rome.
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