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Tommaso Campanella
Tommaso Campanella (1568–1639) was an Italian philosopher, theologian, and poet known for his utopian ideas and radical political theories. His most famous work, "The City of the Sun," envisioned an ideal society governed by reason and communal ownership. Campanella spent much of his life imprisoned by the Spanish Inquisition due to his involvement in anti-Spanish uprisings and his controversial ideas challenging both religious and political authorities. Despite persecution, his writings greatly influenced later Enlightenment thinkers and the development of modern political philosophy.
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I. It is with diffidence that I offer a translation of Michael Angelo's sonnets, for the first time completely rendered into English rhyme, and that I venture on a version of Campanella's philosophical poems. My excuse, if I can plead any for so bold an attempt, may be found in thisвÐâthat, so far as I am aware, no other English writer has dealt with Michael Angelo's verses...
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A Poetical Dialogue between a Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitallers and a Genoese Sea-Captain, his guest. G.M. Prithee, now, tell me what happened to you during that voyage? Capt. I have already told you how I wandered over the whole earth. In the course of my journeying I came to Taprobane, and was compelled to go ashore at a place, where through fear of the inhabitants I remained in a wood. When I...
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