Campanella, Tommaso, 1568-1639
Biographical note
Dominican theologian, philosopher and poet.
Campanella spent twenty-seven years imprisoned. During his detention, he wrote his most important works: The Monarchy of Spain (1600), Political Aphorisms (1601), Atheismus triumphatus (Atheism Conquered, 1605-1607), Quod reminiscetur (1606?), Metaphysica (1609-1623), Theologia (1613-1624), and his most famous work, The City of the Sun (orginally written in Italian in 1602; published in Latin in Frankfurt (1623) and later in Paris (1638)). He even intervened in the first trial against Galileo Galilei with his courageous The Defense of Galileo (written in 1616, published in 1622).
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Works
- Philosophia sensibus demonstrata (Philosophy demonstrated by the senses) [1592]
- The Monarchy in Spain [1600]
- Political Aforisms [1601]
- Atheismus triumphatus (1605-1607)
- Quod reminiscetur (1606?)
- Metaphysica (1609-1623)
- Theologia (1613-1624)
- Apology for Galileo [1616]
- The City of the Sun [1623] [ read | download ]
