Laura e bassi biography in ricevimenti

The intermediary of a man was, in any case, essential: Laura herself was initiated to her studies by the family doctor, Gaetano Tacconi, who insisted that her knowledge should not remain secretive, as expected by one of the conditions under which the young woman had been allowed to study.

Gradually, in her father's house, "philosophical meetings" began taking place, where Laura's knowledge was made public, with the participation of illustrious men of science, as well as of nobles and prelates, including Prospero Lambertini, archbishop of Bologna and the future Benedict XIV.

A man of very rare intelligence, Lambertini was also a very important character, who had understood perfectly that it was at this point necessary to create an alliance between science and faith, convinced of the need to approach closer to civil society and modern culture.

Within a general project of cultural renewal, linked however not to private aristocrat