Giordano Bruno : an introduction / Paul Richard Blum; translated from the German by Peter Henneveld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blum, Paul Richard.

Contributor:

Henneveld, Peter.

Series:

Value Inquiry Book Series 254.

Value inquiry book series, 0929-8436 ; v. 254

Values in Italian philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Renaissance.

Bruno, Giordano, 1548-1600.

Bruno, Giordano.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (135 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) was a philosopher in his own right. However, he was famous through the centuries due to his execution as a heretic. His pronouncements against teachings of the Catholic Church, his defence of the cosmology of Nicholas Copernicus, and his provocative personality, all this made him a paradigmatic figure of modernity. Bruno’s way of philosophizing is not looking for outright solutions but rather for the depth of the problems; he knows his predecessors and their strategies as well as their weaknesses, which he exposes satirically. This introduction helps to identify the original thought of Bruno who proudly said about himself: “Philosophy is my profession!” His major achievements concern the creativity of the human mind studied through the theory of memory, the infinity of the world, and the discovery of atomism for modernity. He never held a permanent office within or without the academic world. Therefore, the way of thinking of this “Knight Errant of Philosophy” will be presented along the stations of his journey through Western Europe.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

PLEASANT CAMPANIA: EDUCATION BEFORE AND IN THE CONVENT

FLEEING INTO EXILE—NORTHERN ITALY, GENEVA, TOULOUSE: ASTRONOMY AS A MEANS OF EARNING A LIVING

PARIS: THE POWER OF MEMORY

OFF TO LONDON: SATIRE, METAPHYSICS, AND ETHICS IN ITALIAN

GOD IS NOT IDLE: INFINITE POSSIBILITIES AND INFINITE REALITY

RELIGION AND ETHICS FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE HERO

RETURN TO PARIS: CHALLENGING MATHEMATICS AND ARISTOTELIANISM

“HOUSES OF WISDOM” IN GERMANY: HISTORY, MAGIC, AND ATOMISM

OFF TO VENICE: THE TRIAL OF THE HERETIC

AFTERLIFE: FROM HERETIC TO HERMETICIST

CHRONOLOGY

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

INDEX

VIBS.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-61014-0

9786613922595

94-012-0829-8

OCLC:

811562977

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789401208291 DOI