The volume consists of five studies dealing with various aspects of the question of 'opposites' in the work of Giordano Bruno, with reference to the natural world as well as to the human moral and symbolic-mental world. For Bruno, the secret of the art of nature - as well as of human art - lies in the dialectic of opposites, which he considers as "profound magic": from the two basic opposing principles of cold and heat through to the mythological-metaphysical contraries of Jove and Oceanus, which the Nolan philosopher links with the ideas of transcendent and immanent divinity. According to him, the principle of opposites not only lies at the root of the variety in nature, but is also at the basis of progress and regress in civilization.
Il volume raccoglie cinque studi che affrontano a livelli diversi la questione dei 'contrari' nell'opera di Giordano Bruno, con riferimento al mondo naturale nonché al mondo morale e simbolico-mentale dell'uomo. Per Bruno il segreto dell'arte della natura, così come dell'arte dell'uomo, risiede nella dialettica dei contrari, che egli considera una "profonda magia": dai princìpi contrari elementari del caldo e del freddo fino ai contrari mitologico-metafisici di Giove e Oceano, che il filosofo nolano collega alle idee di divinità trascendente e immanente. Il principio dei contrari sarebbe la radice della varietà della natura, ma anche alla base di progresso e regresso della civiltà.
Magia dei contrari. Cinque studi su Giordano Bruno
Eugenio Canone
2005
Abstract
The volume consists of five studies dealing with various aspects of the question of 'opposites' in the work of Giordano Bruno, with reference to the natural world as well as to the human moral and symbolic-mental world. For Bruno, the secret of the art of nature - as well as of human art - lies in the dialectic of opposites, which he considers as "profound magic": from the two basic opposing principles of cold and heat through to the mythological-metaphysical contraries of Jove and Oceanus, which the Nolan philosopher links with the ideas of transcendent and immanent divinity. According to him, the principle of opposites not only lies at the root of the variety in nature, but is also at the basis of progress and regress in civilization.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.