Alessandro Achillini

Alessandro Achillini (1463 or 1461, Bologna – 1512, Bologna) was a celebrated lecturer in medicine and philosophy at Bologna and Padua. He lived in Bologna the major part of his life. He was called ‘the second Aristotle.’ He was of a sincere nature and possessed a dynamic character. He was a formidable debater. His philosophical works were published in one volume (folio), in 1508, at Venice, and reprinted in 1545, 1551 and 1568 (enlarged editions). In 1506 he had to leave Bologna for political reasons, because he was a partisan of the Bentivoglio family. He left for Padua, where he became a teacher of philosophy from 1506 -1508). Achillini was also a distinguished anatomist, he wrote among others De humani corporis anatomia (The anatomy of the human body), Venice, 1516-1524. He was buried in 1512 in Bologna in the St Martin’s church.