The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the First

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Giordano Bruno. The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the First

The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the First

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INTRODUCTION

THE

HEROIC ENTHUSIASTS

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Giordano Bruno

An Ethical Poem

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That which occurs in the world of stars is reflected in the telluric world; everything has its centre, towards which it is attracted with fervour. All is thought, passion, and aspiration.

From this unity, which governs variety, from this movement of every world around its sun, of every sun around its centre sun—the sun of suns—which informs all with the rays of the spirit, with the light of thought—is generated that perfect harmony of colours, sounds, forms, which strike the sight and captivate and enthrall the intellect. That which in the heavens is harmony becomes, in the individual, morality, and in companies of human beings, law. That which is light in the spheres becomes intelligence and science in the world of the spirit and in humanity. We must study this harmony that rules the celestial worlds in order to deduce the laws which should govern civil bodies.

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