Elisabeth Blum

Perspectives on Giordano Bruno

Studia Classica et Mediaevalia, Band 23

Abstract / Rezension


This is a collection of essays on various aspects of Giordano Bruno’s philosophy. After a general introduction into his thought, his Spaccio de la bestia trionfante is most prominent. Bruno’s style and language, and his views on languages are a recurrent topic on these pages. For him, Truth itself is transcendent and unattainable in its fullness. Therefore, all knowledge “around” it is a construct that requires to be embodied and expressed in a certain medium, a language, mathematics being just one among many possible and suitable choices.

Elisabeth Blum teaches philosophy at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore. Among other publications, she translated Bruno's Spaccio into German.

Folgende Rezension erschien im Jahrbuch Quellen und Forschungen aus italienischen Archiven und Bibliotheken, Ausgabe 100/2020, Seite 754-755


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