The Cabala of Pegasus

by Giordano Bruno

Book Overview

Giordano Bruno's Cabala del cavallo pegaseo (The Cabala of Pegasus) grew out of the great Italian philosopher's experiences lecturing and debating at Oxford in early 1584. Having received a cold reception there because of his viewpoints, Bruno went on in the Cabala to attack the narrow-mindedness of the university--and by extension, all universities that resisted his advocacy of intellectual freethinking. The Cabala of Pegasus consists of vernacular...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300092172
• ISBN13: 9780300092172
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 8.0"