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Marc’Antonio De Dominis was a prolific scholar, who composed, among other things, two pioneering scientific treatises, the Tractatus de radiis visus et lucis in vitris, perspectivis et iride (1611) and the Euripus, seu de fluxu et refluxu maris sententia (published posthumously in 1624). However, his controversial religious and intellectual outlook, which led to a break first with the Catholic Church and later with the Anglican Church, caused his work to be subjected to criticism and consequently neglected.
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De Dominis, Marc’Antonio. 1611. De radiis visus et lucis in vitris perspectivis et iride tractatus. Venice: Baglioni.
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Akopyan, O. (2020). De Dominis, Marc’Antonio. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_481-1
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