Cesare Enrico Aroldi

"What painter could portray all the bizarre transformations of the Devil? It is not true that he always appeared as ugly as certain Catholic authors depict him. Satan, on the contrary, can also take on the most seductive forms when necessary: that of a knight, a woman, even... would you believe it? a monk and a saint. One night, he leaves the chamber of Saint Cunegonda the queen dressed as a knight; surprised, the unhappy sovereign is subjected to the trial by fire... for adultery... (chap. VII, p. 46)"

"In truth, ascetic concentration is not the best condition for victory against the devil. This is suggested by the case of the nun mentioned by St. Gregory the Great, who... swallowed the devil, believing she was eating a lettuce leaf... which the cunning tempter had disguised himself as. (chap. VII, p. 46)"

"Leaving aside the Holy Fathers, according to whom Satan can know the future, how can we not admire the King of Hell when, for example, we read that he was always a successful seducer of women's hearts? In 1599, a certain Antide Collas was burned “because her sexual conformation presented something phenomenal that was believed to be explained by the hypothesis of an infamous deal with Satan”. (chap. VII, p. 47)"

"Cesare E. Aroldi, Dottrine positiviste, Sonzogno, [1903?]."

"C. E. Aroldi, Il materialismo, Sonzogno."

"C. E. Aroldi, Il razionalismo, Sonzogno."

"Cesare Enrico Aroldi, L'origine dell'uomo secondo la teoria dell'evoluzione, Sonzogno, 1904."

"Cesare E. Aroldi, La negazione della proprietà e della società borghese in Pierre J. Proudhon e Pietro Kropotkin, La fiaccola, 1970."

"Cesare E. Aroldi, La negazione di Dio e dello Stato in Max Stirner e Michele Bakunin, La fiaccola, 1966."

"Cesare E. Aroldi, Stregoneria e occultismo, Società Editrice Sonzogno, Milano, 1904."