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Academia Secretorum Naturae
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One of the earliest scientific societies, the Academia Secretorum Naturae was founded in Naples 1560 by Giambattista della Porta, a noted polymath. In Italian it was called Accademia dei Segreti, the Academy of the Mysteries of Nature, and the members termed themselves the otiosi (men of leisure).The society met at the home of della Porta in the Due Porte section of Naples, the reference being to two entrances to caverns that apparently served as a meeting place. (The site has recently been the object of urban archaeology.) The society was closed down in 1578 by the order of Pope Paul V under suspicion of sorcery[1][2].
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- ^ p. 16, Leonard C. Bruno 1989, The Landmarks of Science. First editions from the collections of the Library of Congress. ISBN 0-8160-2137-6
- ^ faculty.ed.umuc.edu, "Giambattista della Porta (1535-1615)", 2006 Jeff Matthews
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