{"product_id":"the-wisdom-of-giordano-bruno-fire-philosophy-and-the-courage-to-see-9798195120795","title":"The Wisdom of Giordano Bruno: Fire, Philosophy, and the Courage to See","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sapientia Mundi Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Modern - 16th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe saw an infinite universe when the world insisted on walls. He refused to unsee it, even at the cost of his life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wisdom of Giordano Bruno: Fire, Philosophy, and the Courage to See\u003c\/i\u003e traces the extraordinary intellectual journey of one of history's most daring and controversial thinkers. Born in 1548 near Mount Vesuvius, trained as a Dominican friar in Naples, and burned at the stake in Rome in 1600, Giordano Bruno lived a life defined by relentless philosophical inquiry and an absolute refusal to compromise with orthodoxy. His vision of an infinite universe populated by countless worlds, animated by a single living intelligence, shattered the closed cosmos of medieval thought and anticipated discoveries that would not be confirmed for centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book follows Bruno from his early formation in the shadow of Vesuvius through his years of wandering across Europe - Geneva, Paris, London, Wittenberg, Prague - to his fateful return to Italy and his prolonged trial before the Roman Inquisition. Along the way, it examines the full range of his philosophical achievement: his radical cosmology, his transformation of the ancient art of memory into a vehicle for metaphysical insight, his theory of an animate and self-organizing matter, his satirical critiques of institutional religion, and his haunting meditation on the soul's passionate quest for the infinite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wisdom of Giordano Bruno: Fire, Philosophy, and the Courage to See\u003c\/i\u003e neither reduces him to a martyr for science nor dismisses him as a speculative mystic, but engages with the full complexity of a thinker who drew on ancient philosophy, Hermetic wisdom, and Renaissance magic to construct a vision of reality that remains compelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplores Bruno's revolutionary cosmology of an infinite universe with no center, no boundary, and innumerable inhabited worlds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExamines his transformation of classical memory arts into a philosophical method for grasping the structure of reality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTraces his years of exile across Europe, from the courts of Henri III and Elizabeth I to the prisons of the Roman Inquisition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalyzes his metaphysics of universal unity, living matter, and the world soul\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresents his ethical vision grounded in intellectual courage, productive engagement, and the rejection of institutional dogma\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour centuries after his execution, Bruno's questions about infinity, freedom of thought, and the cost of holding unpopular truths have lost none of their urgency.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47882925342871,"sku":"9798195120795","price":1135.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798195120795.webp?v=1781098105","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-wisdom-of-giordano-bruno-fire-philosophy-and-the-courage-to-see-9798195120795","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}