
Naudé, Gabriel
Why were the world’s greatest minds once branded as devil-worshippers? Gabriel Naudé’s Apologie is a daring 17th-century forensic investigation that clears the names of history's icons—from Pythagoras to Popes—by revealing that their 'magic' was actually misunderstood science. Discover how ignorance, political spin, and the 'contagion of popular error' turned genius into heresy.