Jacopo Stellini
Jacopo Stellini (27 April 1699 – 27 March 1770) was an Italian abbot, polymath writer and philosopher. Born in Cividale del Friuli to a family of modest means; his father was a tailor. Stellini was first educated by the Somaschi order, and he joined the order in 1718. He moved to Venice where he studied in the seminary in Murano, and was made a priest in 1722. In Venice, he served as a tutor to the prominent Emo family, and the patronage in 1739 helped him land a professor position teaching "moral philosophy" at the University of Padua. His main work is the essay in Latin, titled, ''De ortu et progressu morum, De ortu et progressu morum, o De ortu et progressu morum atque opinionum ad more pertinentium'' and translated into Italian as ''Saggio dell'origine e del progresso de' costumi e delle opinioni a' medesimi pertinenti'' (''Essay upon the origin and progress of customs (behaviors) and opinions pertinent to them'' (1740). Other works include the posthumous ''Ethicae seu mora ...
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