The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the First

The following book is written by Giordano Bruno, an Italian philosopher, mathematician, poet, cosmological theorist, and Hermetic occultist. He is known for his cosmological theories, which conceptually extended the then novel Copernican model. He proposed that the stars were distant suns surrounded by their own planets, and he raised the possibility that these planets might foster life of their own, a cosmological position known as cosmic pluralism. He also insisted that the universe is infinite and could have no «center». 'Gli Eroici Furori' is partly influenced by his cosmological theories, where after treating of the infinite universe, and contemplating the innumerable worlds in other works, Bruno comes to the consideration of virtue in the individual, and demonstrates the potency of the human faculties.