Giovanni Filoteo Achillini
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Italian people
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philosopher.
Born in Bologna
Bologna
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, he was the younger brother of philosopher Alessandro
Alessandro Achillini
Alessandro Achillini was an Italian philosopher and physician.-Biography:He was born and died in Bologna, and is buried in the Church of Saint Martin there...
.
He applied himself to Greek
Greek language
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, Latin, theology
Theology
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, philosophy
Philosophy
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, music
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, antiquities
Artifact (archaeology)
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, jurisprudence
Jurisprudence
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, poetry
Poetry
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, etc., but did not excel in any specific field. His poetry is the most noteworthy of his work; written in what has since been considered the bad taste that prevailed at the end of the 15th century, however, his works have left scarcely any memory of their existence but their titles. One of the principal was titled Viridario and contained the eulogy
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of many of his contemporaries in literature, with lessons of morality. He also wrote some remarks on Italian to the disparagement of Tuscan
Tuscan dialect
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, and the praise of Bolognese
Bolognese
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, which he had used in his poems. Of antiquities, he had accumulated ample collections.