Giovanni Botero

Giovanni Botero
Born	1544 Bene Vagienna, Savoyard state
Died	23 June 1617 (aged 72–73) Turin, Savoyard state
Resting place	Chiesa dei Santi Martiri
Education	Roman College University of Padua
Notable work	The Reason of State
Era	Baroque philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
Notable ideas	Reason of state National interest

Giovanni Botero (c. 1544 – 1617) was an Italian thinker, priest, poet, and diplomat, author of Della Ragion di Stato (The Reason of State),^[1] in ten chapters, printed in Venice in 1589, and of Universal Relations, (Rome, 1591), addressing the world geography and ethnography.^[2] With his emphasis that the wealth of cities was caused by adding value to raw materials, Botero may be considered the ancestor of both Mercantilism^[3] and Cameralism.^[4]