Gli eroici furori

by Giordano Bruno

Ristampa anastatica dell'edizione Daelli del 1864.

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Italy, Literature, Classics

227 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1585

About the author

Giordano Bruno (1548 – February 17, 1600), born Filippo Bruno, was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer, who is best known as a proponent of the infinity of the universe. His cosmological theories went beyond the Copernican model in identifying the Sun as just one of an infinite number of independently moving heavenly bodies: he is the first European man to have conceptualized the universe as a continuum where the stars we see at night are identical in nature to the Sun. He was burned at the stake by authorities in 1600 after the Roman Inquisition found him guilty of heresy. After his death he gained considerable fame; in the 19th and early 20th centuries, commentators focusing on his astronomical beliefs regarded him as a martyr for free thought and modern scientific ideas. Recent assessments suggest that his ideas about the universe played a smaller role in his trial than his pantheist beliefs, which differed from the interpretations and scope of God held by Catholicism.[1][2] In addition to his cosmological writings, Bruno also wrote extensive works on the art of memory, a loosely organized group of mnemonic techniques and principles. More recent assessments, beginning with the pioneering work of Frances Yates, suggest that Bruno was deeply influenced by the astronomical facts of the universe inherited from Arab astrology, Neoplatonism and Renaissance Hermeticism.[3] Other recent studies of Bruno have focused on his qualitative approach to mathematics and his application of the spatial paradigms of geometry to language.[4]

Reviews

[Edward Butler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Until a new edition becomes available, this is the best way for the interested reader to access this important text of Bruno's. The major problem with it is that it omits Bruno's dedication to Sir Philip Sidney as well as Bruno's "Argument", which sheds a good deal of light on the structure of the piece and adds a further layer to the symbolism of certain sections. Fortunately, both are available online (just Google De Gli Eroici Furori).

[Mateusz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the most beautiful book about love, if you are willing to understand it. This is a book for lovers, for the unloved, excelling and surpassing everything I've read about this topic before. For I once loved a spirit of a darling lady, and elevated the spirit of my loved one to Kybele, Diana so that she may become a star, before her soul was slaughtered by that bitch envy, as I fell to wretched terrestrial affairs, knowing hence that whenever I chase her, she will escape to ever high celestial mien. Like the nine blind men I travel the world with Isis' veils lifted, wounds of my heart turned to Saturnine, tearless bile. Thus, I stay with my duties in duration of fates, assigned to spheres that shall host me.

[Tejas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Giordano Bruno is timeless and most of his ideas after 400+ years, still intrigue free-thinkers.

[Truls Ljungström · Rating 5 out of 5]

Detta är något så esoteriskt som en metastudie av filosofiska texter från antiken, formulerad genom de kulturella symbolerna från Brunos samtid, till ett slags allegorisk dikt. Jag läser den nu för att förstå Bruno bättre. Den är en utmaning, men ger en del även vid första genomläsning.

Jag tror att den vinner på parallelläsning med de verk som Bruno citerar, för det sätt han formulerar sig på intuiteras mig som en fördjupad/nde förståelse av både Platon och Plotinus. Utan den texten ser jag att jag missar mycket, vilket jag kanske skulle göra även med texterna tillgängliga. Bruno verkar dessutom på ett väldigt självsäkert sätt referera till Pythagoras doktriner. Jag undrar vad han bygger detta på, eftersom de inte överlevt i mer än fragment (och enligt vissa, i muntligt förmedlade traditioner).

Jag tror att jag kommer att återvända till den, för jag upplever samma slags fascination och intellektuella utmattning som jag upplevde vid läsning av Eckhart eller Teresa av Avila. Jag vet inte om jag vågar försöka recensera den mer än så.

[Whoof]

Renaissance-era philosophic dialogues, often surrounding symbol-heavy sonnets. Frequently impenetrable (also copy I read had a lot of typos) but always intriguing.

[Jok_T_Mur · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Alice Liddel]

ya dejen leer el puto libro malditos idiotas snofs!