HEROIC ENTHUSIASTS

THE

(GLI EROICI FURORI)

translated by L. WILLIAMS

[1887 and 1889]

This heavily allegorical dialogue by Giordano Bruno is a philosophical discussion of love. At a deeper layer it uses this topic as a mnemonic device to encode a discussion of the nature of the universe, God and the soul. The argument has echoes in Gnostic, Alchemical, Sufi and other esoteric traditions, and some of the poetry is maddeningly similar to Shakespeare (who was a contemporary of Bruno). This translation is one of the few Bruno texts in English translation in the public domain, and original copies of it are extremely rare. It has recently been republished by Elibron in a print-on-demand edition. The transcription of Part I was done in August 2002, and Part II in June 2004.

The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part I

Title Page
Preface
Errata
Introduction
First Dialogue
Second Dialogue
Third Dialogue
Fourth Dialogue
Fifth Dialogue
The Apology of the Nolan to the Most Virtuous and Lovely Ladies

The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part II

Title Page
Preface
First Dialogue
Second Dialogue
Third Dialogue
Fourth Dialogue
Fifth Dialogue