Item #64015 The Infinite Worlds of Giordano Bruno; Bannerstone Division of American Lectures in Philosophy. BRUNO Giordano, Antoinette Mann PATERSON, Marvin Farber.

The Infinite Worlds of Giordano Bruno; Bannerstone Division of American Lectures in Philosophy

Springfield IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 228pp. Original grey cloth with gilt titling within gilt borders on upper cover, gilt titling to spine, appendixes, bibliography and index. A monograph in the Bannerstone Division of American Lectures in Philosophy, and publication no. 760 in the American Lecture series. From the publisher: "This is the first American book to document and analyze the impact of Giordano Bruno's revolutionary predictions of twentieth century astronomy and its social implications. It examines Bruno's Italian writings and demonstrates how the kind of knowledge we hold about the world determines our conduct of ourselves in that world." Light bump to upper corners, light dusting to page edges, else a tight, clean near Fine copy in VG+ dust jacket. (Dust jacket is darkened at spine and all edges and folds, lightly chafed at edges, not clipped. Dust jacket is now protected by a removable mylar sleeve). Item #64015

Sold