Francesco de' Vieri, also known as Verino the Second (1524–1591), was an

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. He was the nephew of "Verino the First" Francesco de' Vieri. Like his homonymous ancestor, he was professor of

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and philosophy at the

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, and actively involved in the

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. He was criticized by colleagues for his longing for a new Platonic Academy following

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. His main opponent was

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vieri, Francesco de 1524 births 1591 deaths Grand Duchy of Tuscany people 16th-century Italian philosophers 16th-century Italian male writers