In the poem La Luce, composed in 1685 and dedicated to Christina of Sweden, Giovanni Michele Milani propounds a mechanical and vitalist (meta-)physics of light that complies with Christian tenets by adopting a peculiar version of Democritean atomism. His lecture for the Roman Simposiaci Academy indicates the extent of Milani’s dissatisfaction with Aristotelian philosophy. While he attended the Physico-mathematical Academy and the heterodox Congresso medico romano, he nevertheless, signed La Luce – published posthumously in 1698 with a preface by Francesco Redi – as “Accademico Umorista.” When we examine La Luce together with some excerpts of the unpublished work of Milani’s friend and fellow member of this literary institution – the Dialoghi eruditi by Giuseppe Giusto Guaccimanni – we are presented with an interesting cultural scenario. It would seem that some Umoristi might have joined the Queen in the effort to devise a Christian experimental philosophy which was open to alchemy. The posthumous publication of the poem may well have been triggered by the rivalry between the Umoristi and the Academy of the Arcadia.

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乔瓦尼·米歇尔·米拉尼 (Giovanni Michele Milani) 的《La Luce》（169​​8）——十七世纪罗马调和原子论与宗教的最后尝试？

诗中拉鲁斯乔瓦尼·米歇尔·米拉尼 (Giovanni Michele Milani) 于 1685 年创作，献给瑞典的克里斯蒂娜 (Christina)，提出了一种机械的、生命主义的光（元）物理学，它采用了德谟克利特原子论的独特版本，符合基督教教义。他在罗马辛波西亚奇学院的演讲表明了米拉尼对亚里士多德哲学的不满程度。当他就读于物理数学学院和非正统罗马医学大会，尽管如此，他还是签了字拉鲁斯– 1698 年死后出版，弗朗西斯科·雷迪 (Francesco Redi) 作序 – 书名为“Accademico Umorista”。当我们检查拉鲁斯以及米拉尼的朋友和该文学机构的同事未出版作品的一些摘录 -博学对话作者：Giuseppe Giusto Guaccimanni——我们看到了一个有趣的文化场景。似乎一些乌莫里斯蒂人可能与女王一起努力设计一种对炼金术开放的基督教实验哲学。这首诗的死后出版很可能是由乌莫里斯蒂和阿卡迪亚学院之间的竞争引发的。