The Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780803262348)

The itinerant Neoplatonic scholar Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), one of the most fascinating figures of the Renaissance, was burned at the stake for heresy by the Inquisition in Rome on Ash Wednesday in 1600. The primary evidence against him was the book Spaccio de la bestia trionfante, a daring indictment of the church that abounded in references to classical Greek mythology, Egyptian religion (especially the worship of Isis), Hermeticism, magic, and astrology.

The author of more than sixty works on mathematics, science, ethics, philosophy, metaphysics, the art of memory, and esoteric mysticism, Bruno had a profound impact on Western thought.

Author: Giordano Bruno
ISBN-10: 0803262345
ISBN-13: 9780803262348
Publisher: Bison Books
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2004
Pages: 324
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.12w x 0.72d