Another review, this one in the New York Times, of the new Rowland biography of Bruno, which has been mentioned here before. The reviewer sees the maverick Neapolitan as having mixed influences — at times both unconventional and traditional. One line in particular is quite interesting, as Bruno’s work is characterized as “theologically inspired science fiction.” I would describe his thought as a form of animistic astronomy, or even a visionary vitalism.
Via Arts & Letters Daily.
December 30, 2008 at 8:23 pm |
Reminds me off the bat of the creator of X-Files stated intention of the show being for a “non-religious person looking for religious experience”. Link.
December 30, 2008 at 10:33 pm |
kerrjac: I feel ya. In a related sense Bruno and the X-Files share a sensibility that “the truth is out there.”
January 25, 2009 at 10:12 pm |
[...] schools! Was the soul a shadow seated in the house of sin? Or was the body really in the soul, as Giordano Bruno thought? The separation of spirit from matter was a mystery, and the union of spirit with matter [...]
July 19, 2010 at 3:56 pm |
[...] of Man. “Hermetic man…” (111). – Man’s potential. (113) – Giordano Bruno (1548-1600). Hermeticism. Living. “Anima Mundi.” “Thus everything…” [...]