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Giordano Bruno: Philosopher / HereticGiordano Bruno (1548 1600) is one of the great figures of early modern Europe, and one of the least understood. Ingrid D. Rowland's biography establishes him once and for all as a peer of Erasmus, Shakespeare, and Galileo a thinker whose vision of the world prefigures ours. Writing with great verve and erudition, Rowland traces Bruno's wanderings through a sixteenth century Europe where every certainty of religion and philosophy has been called into
Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) is one of the great figures of early modern Europe, and one of the least understood. Ingrid D. Rowland's biography establishes him once and for all as a peer of Erasmus, Shakespeare, and Galileo--a thinker whose vision of the world prefigures ours.
Writing with great verve and erudition, Rowland traces Bruno's wanderings through a sixteenth-century Europe where every certainty of religion and philosophy has been called into question, and reveals how he valiantly defended his ideas to the very end, when he was burned at the stake as a heretic on Rome's Campo de' Fiori. "A loving and thoughtful account of Bruno's] life and thought, satires and sonnets, dialogues and lesson plans, vagabond days and star-spangled nights. . . . Ingrid D. Rowland has her reasons for preferring Bruno to Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, even Galileo and Leonardo, and they're good ones."--John Leonard, Harper's "Whatever else Bruno was, he was wild-minded and extreme, and Rowland communicates this, together with a sense of the excitement that his ideas gave him. . . . It's that feeling for the explosiveness of the period, and Rowland's] admiration of Bruno for participating in it--indeed, dying for it--that is the central and most cherishable quality of the biography."--Joan Acocella, New Yorker "Rowland tells this great story in moving, vivid prose, concentrating as much on Bruno's thought as on his life. . . . His restless mind, as she makes clear, not only explored but transformed the heavens."--Anthony Grafton, New York Review of Books " Bruno] seems to have been an unclassifiable mixture of foul-mouthed Neapolitan mountebank, loquacious poet, religious reformer, scholastic philosopher, and slightly wacky astronomer."--Anthony Gottlieb, New York Times Book Review "A marvelous feat of scholarship. . . . This is intellectual biography at its best."--Peter N. Miller, New Republic "An excellent starting point for anyone who wants to rediscover the historical figure concealed beneath the cowl on Campo de' Fiori."--Paula Findlen, NationBinding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 09/01/2009
ISBN: 9780226730240
Pages: 335
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d
Review Citations: Books & Culture 03/01/2012 pg. 19
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For any of us who have ever thought ourselves on the journey of reconciliation, this is the book to read. It is uncomfortable at times, challenging, and also encouraging. This book gave me hope for a world of reconciliation, but also a challenge that it takes Us (White people). It takes us recognizing our privilege and not staying silent about that privilege. Often we are told, as White people, that we need to be learning about our own White privilege and teaching each other...but often that seems hard to do when we don’t know what we are doing right or wrong. The fact that this book is out there no longer offers us that excuse. This is the antidote for that, if we are willing to hear it. Michael Eric Dyson is always brilliant...but this book that speaks directly to us (White people), for us, and about us has to be one of my favorites.
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Highly recommend for college students
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Needed this for a law class and it worked great
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Love the binding on the side to make it easier to read/access pages. Everything in this book was laid out well and I was able to use it for several semesters of school. It matched up with the professors version at the time and I had no issues.
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1rst time transaction with more to come in the future!
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Absolutely saved my a** in a class (Legal Research) where the book was noted in a syllabus but not listed in the class registration as "required materials". Realized the need after starting an assignment 4 weeks into the semester. The instructor was no help asking if I had noted her announcement in the 3rd week.
Thank you very much for meeting your written commitments especially the time of delivery. Teh price was very reasonable considering the pricing from suppliers such as Pearson or Magraw-Hill. (Prices through suppliers were nearly double and that included nearly triple on the shipping)
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Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2013
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Exceptional Legal Tool
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Excellent tool for any Criminal Justice or Law School. It becomes the go to for Citations of all sorts, whether federal, state or international it is all there. Another great purchase. Now that I have it, I definitely would not want to be without it.
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