A student of
Paul of Venice, Gaetano, like his teacher, held an
Averroist interpretation of Aristotle's teachings. He worked towards a compromise between that position and Christian doctrines on the personal
immortality of the soul, and in later life he abandoned Averroism entirely.[2]
He was one of Paul of Venice's successors as professor of natural philosophy at the
University of Padua,[2] and in turn,
Nicoletto Vernia, who succeeded to the same position on Gaetano's death, was one of his pupils.[3] Among his pupils was also
Pietro Roccabonella, a well known professor of medicine in Padua.
^s.v. 'Gaetano da Thiene' in Wilmott, Michael J.; Schmitt, Charles B. (1990). "Biobibliographies". In Charles B. Schmitt; Quentin Skinner (eds.). The Cambridge History of Renaissance Philosophy. Cambridge University Press. pp. 818–819.
ISBN978-0-521-39748-3.
^
abKessler, Eckhard (1990). "The Intellective Soul". In Charles B. Schmitt; Quentin Skinner (eds.). The Cambridge History of Renaissance Philosophy. Cambridge University Press. pp. 490–492.
ISBN978-0-521-39748-3.
^s.v. 'Vernia, Nicoletto' in Wilmott, Michael J.; Schmitt, Charles B. (1990). "Biobibliographies". In Charles B. Schmitt; Quentin Skinner (eds.). The Cambridge History of Renaissance Philosophy. Cambridge University Press. p. 839.
ISBN978-0-521-39748-3.