Paolo Sarpi (1552-1623)

In Michael Allen Gillespie's The Theological Origins of Modernity in the chapter on Hobbes he mentions Paolo Sarpi and states

During this time in Italy, he [Hobbes] may have heard or met Paolo Sarpi, the nominalist nad materialist who David Whootton has called the only admitted atheist of his age.

hmmm... must look into this guy!!

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Jim Nichols
A Speculative Fiction
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