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Tommaso Campanella

Italian philosopher, theologian, astrologer, and poet (1568-1639) · Italy · Academics · Died at 70

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A Dominican friar who spent 27 years in a Spanish prison cell writing utopian philosophy. Campanella sketched his vision of a perfect society - communal property, rule by priests - while the Inquisition kept him locked away for heresy and conspiracy.

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In their own words 3

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Tommaso Campanella
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3 statements, newest first

  1. I learn more from the anatomy of an ant or a blade of grass...than from all the books which have been written since the beginning of time.

    1607, "Letter of 1607", as cited by Eisenstein, Elizabeth L., 2012, The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe, Cambridge University Press,, Own words

  2. If You return to earth, come armed Lord,because enemies are preparing other crosses - not Turks, not Jews - but those of Your own kingdom

    "To Jesus Christ", as cited in Roush, Sherry, 2011, Selected Philosophical Poems of Tommaso Campanella, University of Chicago Press, p. 18., Own words

  3. The world is the book where the eternal Wisdom wrote its own concepts

    "Modo di filosofare"., Own words

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About this person

Born Giovanni Domenico Campanella in 1568, he took vows as a Dominican and earned a reputation as a philosopher, theologian, and astrologer. The Roman Inquisition prosecuted him for heresy in 1594, confining him to house arrest for two years. In 1599 he was accused of plotting against Spanish rule in Calabria, tortured, and imprisoned. He remained behind bars for 27 years, during which he produced his most important work: The City of the Sun, a utopia imagining an egalitarian theocratic state where citizens share all property in common. He died in 1639.

Country
Italy
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1568 to 1639 · aged 70

Academics from Italy 6

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