Gaetano da Thiene (philosopher)

Gaetano da Thiene (1387–1465) was a Renaissance philosopher and physician who was born and lived in Padua. A student of Paul of Venice, Gaetano, like his teacher, held an Averroist interpretation of Aristotle's teachings. He worked towards a compromise between that position and Christian doctrines on the personal immortality of the soul, and in later life he abandoned Averroism entirely.

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He was one of Paul of Venice's successors as professor of natural philosophy at the University of Padua; and in turn, Nicoletto Vernia, who succeeded to the same position on Gaetano's death, was one of his pupils. Among his pupils was also Pietro Roccabonella, a well known professor of medicine in Padua.