The Cabala of Pegasus
Giordano Bruno
Abstract
Giordano Bruno's The Cabala of Pegasus grew out of the great Italian philosopher's experiences lecturing and debating at Oxford in early 1584. Having received a cold reception there because of his viewpoints, Bruno went on in the Cabala to attack the narrow-mindedness of the university—and by extension, all universities that resisted his advocacy of intellectual freethinking. The Cabala of Pegasus consists of vernacular dialogues that turn on the identification of the noble Pegasus (the spirit of poetry) and the humble ass (the vehicle of divine revelation). In the interplay of these ideas, Br ... More
Keywords: Giordano Bruno, The Cabala of Pegasus, Oxford University, intellectual freethinking, Pegasus, poetry, divine revelation, secular learning, Pythagorean metempsychosis
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2002 | Print ISBN-13: 9780300092172 |
| Published to Yale Scholarship Online: October 2013 | DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300092172.001.0001 |
