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Tommaso Campanella
Tommaso Campanella (1568-1639) was an Italian philosopher, poet, astrologer, and Dominican friar. Born Giovanni Domenico Campanella in Calabria, he was the son of a cobbler. At fou...view moreTommaso Campanella (1568-1639) was an Italian philosopher, poet, astrologer, and Dominican friar. Born Giovanni Domenico Campanella in Calabria, he was the son of a cobbler. At fourteen, he entered the Dominican Order and took the name Tommaso after Thomas Aquinas. His early studies in theology and philosophy led him to the empiricism of Bernardino Telesio, a prominent Italian scientist of the sixteenth century. By 1590, Campanella was studying astrology in Naples, where he gained a reputation for heterodoxy and faced persecution during the Roman Inquisition. Arrested in Padua in 1594, he spent several years in confinement at a Roman convent before earning his freedom and returning to his native Calabria. In 1599, he was imprisoned and tortured for his role in a conspiracy against Spanish rule in the town of Stilo. Campanella eventually confessed and was incarcerated in Naples for twenty-seven years, during which time he composed such works as The Monarchy in Spain (1600), Political Aphorisms (1601), and The City of the Sun (1602). This last title, originally written in Italian and later translated into Latin by the author, is considered an important example of utopian fiction in which Campanella describes the traditions and organization of an egalitarian society. Released from prison in 1626, he fled to France in 1634 when one of his followers was implicated in a new Calabrian conspiracy. His final years were spent in Paris, where he earned the support of King Louis XIII and was protected by Cardinal Richelieu.view less
Books by Tommaso Campanella
The City of the Sun The City of the Sun Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The City of Sun Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Utopia Collection Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSelected Philosophical Poems of Tommaso Campanella: A Bilingual Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA cidade do sol: diálogo poético Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSonnenstaat Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLa Città del Sole Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLa Città del Sole Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe City of the Sun: A Poetical Dialogue (La Città del Sole: Dialogo Poetico) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLa imaginaria Ciudad del Sol: Idea de una república filosófica Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Audiobooks by Tommaso Campanella
Filosofia e Scienza del 1600-1700 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The City of The Sun Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings