SCIENCE AND MAGIC THE RESOLUTION OF CONTRARIES

This chapter attempts to make a contribution to a discussion that has been developing for some decades, but that seems far from being exhausted. It becomes particularly relevent in the light of the recent book by this author that reproposes Bruno’s thought as concerned, in many of its most central m...

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Published inEssays on Giordano Bruno pp. 280 - 296
Main Author Gatti, Hilary
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Princeton Princeton University Press 18.10.2010
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Summary:This chapter attempts to make a contribution to a discussion that has been developing for some decades, but that seems far from being exhausted. It becomes particularly relevent in the light of the recent book by this author that reproposes Bruno’s thought as concerned, in many of its most central moments, with properly scientific and even technological subjects, in a modern sense of those words.¹ Such a reading of Bruno’s thought creates a problem with respect to an approach such as that of Frances Yates, which claims not only to find in his works a radical culmination of the magical,
ISBN:0691148392
9780691148397
DOI:10.1515/9781400836932.280