THE VENETIAN ROOTS OF SCIENTIFIC MATERIALISM: Unmasking the Oligarchy Behind Galileo, Newton, and the Enlightenment

By Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. (Adapted and Summarized from ) 

In an electrifying address delivered in 1981 near Wiesbaden, Germany, historian and researcher Webster G. Tarpley argued that what we have long hailed as the triumph of modern science was in fact the result of a long-term ideological subversion. The real story of the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment, he contended, was less about discovery and more about epistemological warfare—a centuries-old project by the Venetian oligarchy to corrupt and control how humanity thinks.

The Cancer of Oligarchism

According to Tarpley, between 1200 and 1600 AD, Venice became the global center of oligarchic power. But as Venice declined, its ruling families migrated to Britain, reestablishing their project under a new flag: the British Empire. Their goal was the same—to preserve power by controlling how people perceive reality. Ideas, not armies, were the battlefield.

Venice’s War Against the Soul

The central doctrine of what Tarpley calls the “Dead Souls Faction” is that humans have no soul and no capacity for creative reason. They believed in sense-certainty, the Aristotelian idea that all knowledge comes from sensory experience. This idea became the basis for modern empiricism and materialism, deliberately suffocating metaphysics and hypothesis-driven science.

Galileo and the Venetian Salon

Galileo Galilei, widely celebrated as the father of modern science, is revealed as a client of Venetian intelligence. His discoveries were facilitated by Paolo Sarpi, a Servite monk and mastermind of epistemological manipulation. Sarpi used Galileo as a public relations weapon to hijack science, steering it away from the likes of Kepler, who emphasized harmony, creativity, and divine order.

The Myth of Newton

Isaac Newton, Tarpley reveals, was not a discoverer but a mystic, obsessed with alchemy and occult symbolism. He plagiarized much of his physics from Kepler and Huygens and hid his real interests—alchemy, biblical chronology, and esoteric symbolism—behind a curtain of mathematical formalism. His public elevation, especially in France, was engineered by Venetian agent Antonio Conti.

Antonio Conti and the Enlightenment

Conti, a defrocked Venetian priest, was instrumental in turning Newton into a continental icon. He built a pro-British, anti-Leibniz network in France that became the backbone of the Enlightenment. Figures like Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Condillac absorbed and broadcast Conti's ideology: worship of empiricism, rejection of the soul, and glorification of British constitutional monarchy.

The Broader Program

Tarpley traces this intellectual takeover through salons, scientific academies, and royal courts. From the Thirty Years' War, orchestrated by Sarpi, to the French Revolution—enabled by agents like Casanova and Cagliostro—Venetian influence is portrayed as the invisible hand behind every major upheaval that weakened metaphysics and empowered oligarchs.

Conclusion: Time for an Epistemological Revolution

Tarpley’s call to action is simple yet profound: roll back the frauds of Galileo, Newton, and Russell. Rediscover the soul. Restore science as the pursuit of truth through hypothesis, not authoritarian consensus.

In his words, it is time to reverse the legacy of Senator Poco—Conti's alter ego in Voltaire's Candide—who represents the modern classroom where skepticism reigns and meaning is lost. The time has come for a new generation to reclaim the forgotten path of creative reason.

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Visual Summary: The Venetian-Oligarchic Takeover of Science and Thought

1. Venetian Core (1200–1600):

   • Oligarchy entrenched in Venice

   • Root philosophy: denial of the soul, empirical formalism

2. Transference to Britain (1600s):

   • Venetian families relocate to London

   • Creation of British Empire

   • Rise of Paolo Sarpi and Galileo

3. Engineering the Enlightenment (1700s):

   • Antonio Conti infiltrates France

   • Converts Voltaire, Montesquieu, and others

   • Constructs Newtonian cult

4. Modern Consequences:

   • Materialist science without metaphysical grounding

   • Rise of atheism, utilitarianism, and technocratic control

   • Suppression of true creativity and human potential

“Senator Poco still lives in every classroom where Newton is taught.” — Tarpley

Let us challenge the foundations and revive the soul of science.