The Ash Wednesday Supper

Giordano Bruno was an itinerant Italian friar who was burned at the stake in 1600 for heresies, which included his rejection of the Ptolemaic cosmology. Of his important writings, 'La Cena de le ceneri' was one of the first works in which Copernican theory had impact outside the sphere of the natural sciences. Arguing for the physical reality of the infinite universe with no centre, Bruno sought to prove that each man is every man, that conflict would be resolved if all men accepted the unifying potential of his hermetic religion. Using this radical cosmology, Bruno sought to heal the secular and religious wounds of sixteenth-century Europe.

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By Giordano Bruno, edited by Edward A. Gosselin and Lawrence S. Lerner

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Giordano Bruno
• Assisted by: Edward A. Gosselin (Editor), Lawrence S. Lerner (Editor)
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780802074690
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-7469-0
• No. of pages: 238
• Dimensions: 229 mm x 154 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 374 g
• Series: Rsart: Renaissance Society of America Reprint Text Series; Renaissance Society of America; Rsart: Renaissance Society of America Reprint Text Series; Renaissance Society of America; Rsart: Renaissance Society of
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries