false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171568180m/106943.jpg 106943 3 <p>Giordano Bruno was an itinerant Italian friar who was burned at the stake in 1600 for heresies, that included his rejection of the Ptolemaic cosmology. Like Galileo, who met a similar fate for similar reasons later in the century, Bruno has been accorded martyrdom to the cause of scientific truth and regarded as a visionary whose ideas were out of joint with the superstitions of his time. In fact, as editors Edward Gosselin and Lawrence Lerner point out, Bruno was far more complex, and his thought far more intricate, than simple stereotype would suggest.</p><p>Possibly mad, certainly brilliant, vain, obstreperous, and often ignorant, Bruno was a Christian deeply immersed in Hermeticism and mysticism; simultaneously he was Copernican in his non-homocentric view of the universe. His <I>La Cena de le ceneri</I> was one of the first works in which Copernican theory was received outside the sphere of the natural sciences. These dialogues have never been generally accessible, and are translated into English as <I>The Ash Wednesday Supper</I>.</p><p>Using Copernican theory as both a foundation of and a metaphor for his own vast philosophical-theological-political-social program, Bruno united his conflicting beliefs and frustrated his critics. Arguing for the physical reality of the infinite universe with no centre, yet whose centre is everywhere, Bruno sought to prove that each man is every other man. Using this radical cosmology and the imagery of Lenten regeneration, the messianic Bruno sought to heal the secular and religious wounds of sixteenth-century Europe by reconciling Catholic and Protestant, France and England.</p><p>In this edition Gosselin and Lerner have provided a broad understanding of Bruno and his time, with background and interpretive discussion. They have also preserved the flavour and ferment of the original discourses and maintained Bruno's eclectic if somewhat obscure style. 103077 1975 The Ash Wednesday Supper (RSART: Renaissance Society of America Reprint Text Series) total:6|5:1|4:4|3:1|2:0|1:0| 6 24 12 0 106943 0802074693 9780802074690 4 0 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171568180m/106943.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/106943.The_Ash_Wednesday_Supper 5 0 false Wed Oct 14 12:18:33 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 12:18:33 -0700 2009 106943 0802074693 9780802074690 4 0 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171568180m/106943.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/106943.The_Ash_Wednesday_Supper 0 0 false Fri Jan 16 07:56:36 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 07:56:36 -0800 2009 106943 0802074693 9780802074690 4 0 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171568180m/106943.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/106943.The_Ash_Wednesday_Supper 0 0 false Thu Jan 15 17:19:44 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 17:19:58 -0800 2009 106943 0802074693 9780802074690 4 0 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171568180m/106943.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/106943.The_Ash_Wednesday_Supper 0 0 false Sat Nov 15 09:35:55 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 09:36:08 -0800 2008 106943 0802074693 9780802074690 4 0 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171568180m/106943.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/106943.The_Ash_Wednesday_Supper 0 0 false Fri Oct 17 18:24:38 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 18:24:38 -0700 2008 796257 9027975817 9789027975812 2 0 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/796257.The_Ash_Wednesday_Supper 4 0 false Wed Sep 10 09:59:34 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 10 09:59:34 -0700 2008 106943 0802074693 9780802074690 4 0 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171568180m/106943.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/106943.The_Ash_Wednesday_Supper 4 0 false Thu Jun 05 00:23:26 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 00:23:26 -0700 2008 796257 9027975817 9789027975812 2 0 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/796257.The_Ash_Wednesday_Supper 3 0 false Fri Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 21:52:06 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 04:01:58 -0700 2008 106943 0802074693 9780802074690 4 0 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171568180m/106943.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/106943.The_Ash_Wednesday_Supper 0 0 false Wed Dec 12 21:16:03 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 12 21:16:09 -0800 2007 106943 0802074693 9780802074690 4 0 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171568180m/106943.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/106943.The_Ash_Wednesday_Supper 4 0 false Thu Oct 11 11:44:07 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 11 11:44:07 -0700 2007 230398 0208016104 9780208016102 0 0 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/230398.The_Ash_Wednesday_supper_La_cena_de_le_ceneri 0 0 false Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Sat Aug 11 21:24:23 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 11 21:24:23 -0700 2007 106943 0802074693 9780802074690 4 0 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171568180m/106943.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/106943.The_Ash_Wednesday_Supper 4 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Jul 09 20:44:05 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 20:44:12 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=106943