Lorenzo Magalotti belongs to the philosophical record as a figure whose arguments outlasted the disputes that prompted them.
The record lists Lorenzo Magalotti as Italian philosopher, poet and diplomat (1637-1712).
Lorenzo Magalotti was born at Rome in 1637. He studied at University of Pisa.
This was the century in which philosophy separated itself from theology and began to ask what could be known with certainty.
Philosophy advances by objection: an argument matters if serious people spend years attacking it.
Lorenzo Magalotti died in 1712, aged 75. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
