Giovanni Botero

The Reverend Giovanni Botero
Portrait of Giovanni Botero, 1605
Born	1544 Bene Vagienna, Savoyard state
Died	23 June 1617 (aged 72–73) Turin, Savoyard state
Resting place	Chiesa dei Santi Martiri
Education
Education	Roman College University of Padua
Philosophical work
Era	Baroque philosophy
Region	Western philosophy Italian philosophy
School	Counter-Reformation
Main interests	Political philosophy
Notable works	The Reason of State
Notable ideas	Reason of state National interest

Giovanni Botero (c. 1544 – 23 June 1617) was an Italian thinker, Catholic priest, poet, and diplomat, author of Della Ragion di Stato (The Reason of State), in ten chapters, printed in Venice in 1589, and of Universal Relations, (Rome, 1591), addressing the world geography and ethnography. 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 and Cameralism.