BALDINOTTI, CESARE. — Philosopher of the Olivetan Benedictine Order, born in Florence on 12 July 1747, died in Padua on 23 December 1821. He was Abbot of S. Miniato in Florence. He first taught in the gymnasium of Mantua, then at the University of Pavia, and finally logic and metaphysics at the Athenaeum of Padua. It is false (F. Überweg, *Grundriss der Geschichte der Philosophie*, V, 12th ed., Berlin 1928, p. 200) that B. had Rosmini among his disciples in 1820, since the diary of the reverend shows that the latter left the University of Padua in 1819. Under the influence of Locke and Condillac, B. inclined toward sensism, which he nevertheless sought to harmonize with the demands of Christian truths.
He wrote: *De recta humana rationis institutione* (Padua 1787) and *Tentaminum metaphysicorum libri tres. Tentamen primum. De metaphysica generali, lib. unicus* (ibid. 1817). This work contains a critical appendix on Kant, condemning categorical apriorism and the skepticism to which it necessarily leads.