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Giordano Bruno: His Life, Thought and Martyrdom
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First published January 1, 1914
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May 27, 2021
A sort of unsystematic trashy intellectual biography whose contentions seem want of scholarship. A good biography I have found is an exquisite work of scholarship whereby the writer sweeps the archives, and the works of the individual seeking to explain two things:
1. How nature could have manifest such an individual. As in, what do we know of their family, culture, economy, education, temperament, relationships? And how all those things come together to form the character presently being investigated.
2. What their ideas are, and further, how it is that the ideas relate back to the overall explanation in "thing 1". *I am looking at you Dr Seuss *
This man I think did neither well..
The biographer gave an interesting overview of his life. Though it felt a tad bit unsophisticated. Maybe this sort of biography was acceptable prior to the modern age.
His explanation of Bruno's ideas is truth be told kinda interesting. He even alluded to the idea that Bruno may have been a sort of intellectual progenitor of the likes of Leibniz and Darwin. A fascinating claim. He further even equated Bruno to a sort of modern Pythagoras. Yes. That guy. The wizard cult leader of Greece whose 3 most memorable traits were his numerical metaphysic, his theorem which may have stemmed from the Egyptians, and his absolute terror of beans.
Either way. Book was cool. Bruno sounds like a fascianting character, and I appreciate this author for, in the very least, bringing to my attention that this philosopher-mystic was a lot cooler than most relize.
There is indeed more to his story than his execution by the hands and fire of the church.
Recommended for : Anyone interested in cool historical figures that they can read about in free books online:
Free copy: https://archive.org/details/giordanob...
1. How nature could have manifest such an individual. As in, what do we know of their family, culture, economy, education, temperament, relationships? And how all those things come together to form the character presently being investigated.
2. What their ideas are, and further, how it is that the ideas relate back to the overall explanation in "thing 1". *I am looking at you Dr Seuss *
This man I think did neither well..
The biographer gave an interesting overview of his life. Though it felt a tad bit unsophisticated. Maybe this sort of biography was acceptable prior to the modern age.
His explanation of Bruno's ideas is truth be told kinda interesting. He even alluded to the idea that Bruno may have been a sort of intellectual progenitor of the likes of Leibniz and Darwin. A fascinating claim. He further even equated Bruno to a sort of modern Pythagoras. Yes. That guy. The wizard cult leader of Greece whose 3 most memorable traits were his numerical metaphysic, his theorem which may have stemmed from the Egyptians, and his absolute terror of beans.
Either way. Book was cool. Bruno sounds like a fascianting character, and I appreciate this author for, in the very least, bringing to my attention that this philosopher-mystic was a lot cooler than most relize.
There is indeed more to his story than his execution by the hands and fire of the church.
Recommended for : Anyone interested in cool historical figures that they can read about in free books online:
Free copy: https://archive.org/details/giordanob...
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