Tommaso Campanella 1568 – 1639
Tommaso Campanella was an Italian Dominican philosopher, theologian, and astrologer who spent twenty-seven years in Spanish prisons after participating in a millenarian conspiracy in Calabria. During his captivity he composed an extraordinary body of philosophical and political writings, including The City of the Sun, a utopian dialogue describing a society organized by reason and natural religion. His Atheismus Triumphatus and Metaphysics defended a Telesian natural philosophy against scholastic Aristotelianism. Late in life he lived in Rome and Paris and supported Galileo against ecclesiastical condemnation.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Italian
- Era
- Modern
- Movements
- Renaissance
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Tommaso Campanella:
“The whole universe is animated by sense and love.”
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Attributed to Tommaso Campanella:
“The City of the Sun is governed by the wise.”
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Attributed to Tommaso Campanella:
“Common life is the source of true happiness.”
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Attributed to Tommaso Campanella:
“Religion is the natural foundation of all society.”
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Attributed to Tommaso Campanella:
“He who learns to suffer ceases to suffer.”