Vanini, Lucilio
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...freethinker, he was persecuted for his ideas and driven from one European country to another. His works, published in 1615 and 1616...burned at the stake at Toulouse, France, for atheism and witchcraft. A part of the movement to break with the dogmas of scholasticism...