Giordano Bruno : philosopher/heretic / Ingrid D. Rowland.
Giordano Bruno : philosopher/heretic / Ingrid D. Rowland.
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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N195/8
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English
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viii, 335 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Prologue: The Hooded Friar -- 1. A Most Solemn Act of Justice -- 2. The Nolan Philosopher -- 3. "Napoli e tutto il mondo" -- 4. "The world is fine as it is" -- 5. "I have, in effect, harbored doubts" -- 6. "I came into this world to light a fire" -- 7. Footprints in the Forest -- 8. A Thousand World...
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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
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1st ed.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2008.
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"The Italian genius Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) is one of the great figures of early modern Europe, and one of the least understood. Ingrid D. Rowland's life of Bruno - the first in English - establishes him once and for all as a major European thinker, and one whose vision of the world anticipates ours." "By the time Bruno was burned at the stake a...
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Giordano Bruno : philosopher/heretic / Ingrid D. Rowland.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-315) and index.
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N195/8
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9780809095247 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0809095246 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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195 B
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991001092779702626
