| Edition |
University of Chicago Press ed. |
| Description |
viii, 335 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Note |
Originally published in 2008 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-315) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: the hooded friar -- A most solemn act of justice -- The Nolan philosopher -- "Napoli e tutto il mondo" -- "The world is fine as it is" -- "I have, in effect, harbored doubts" -- "I came into this world to light a fire" -- Footprints in the forest -- A thousand worlds -- Art and astronomy -- Trouble again -- Holy asininity -- The signs of the times -- A lonely sparrow -- Thirty -- The gifts of the Magi -- The song of Circe -- "Go up to Oxford" -- Down risky streets -- The art of magic -- Canticles -- Squaring the circle -- Consolation and valediction -- Infinities -- Return to Italy -- The witness -- The adversary -- Gethsemane -- Hell's purgatory -- The sentence -- The field of flowers -- Epilogue: the four rivers. |
| Subject |
Bruno, Giordano, 1548-1600.
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Philosophers -- Italy -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780226730240 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0226730247 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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