Michelangelo Fardella was an Italian

Italy

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 scientist.

Fardella was born at Trapani

Trapani

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, Sicily

Sicily

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, and died in Naples

Naples

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. He was a member of the Order of Saint-François

Saint-François

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, where he excelled in physics

Physics

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 and mathematics

Mathematics

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, and was both the chair of philosophy

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 in Modena

Modena

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 and of astronomy

Astronomy

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 and philosophy in Padoue. He embraced the philosophy of René Descartes

René Descartes

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, after learning the principles during a voyage which he made to Paris

Paris

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 (1678) from conversations with Antoine Arnauld

Antoine Arnauld

Antoine Arnauld — le Grand as contemporaries called him, to distinguish him from his father — was a French Roman Catholic theologian, philosopher, and mathematician...

, Nicolas Malebranche

Nicolas Malebranche

Nicolas Malebranche ; was a French Oratorian and rationalist philosopher. In his works, he sought to synthesize the thought of St. Augustine and Descartes, in order to demonstrate the active role of God in every aspect of the world...

 and Bernard Lamy

Bernard Lamy (mathematician)

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His principal works are:

• Universœ philosophem systema, Venice, 1691, in-12
• Unirersœ usualisma-thematicae theorid, 1691