Spaccio de la bestia trionfante
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Spaccio de la bestia trionfante is a philosophical dialogue by Giordano Bruno that allegorically critiques religious and moral corruption while advocating for a new ethical and cosmological order.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
allegorical work
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literary work ⓘ philosophical dialogue ⓘ |
| addresses |
reform of morals
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reform of religion ⓘ |
| advocates |
new cosmological order
ⓘ
new ethical order ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Giordano Bruno’s cosmology
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Giordano Bruno’s ethics ⓘ |
| author | Giordano Bruno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
reformation of the constellations
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replacement of vices with virtues ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| criticizes |
clerical corruption
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religious hypocrisy ⓘ traditional Christian morality ⓘ |
| genre |
allegory
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dialogue ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| historicalContext | late 16th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
early modern critiques of religion
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modern interpretations of Giordano Bruno ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | learned readers ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
mythological personification
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satire ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
cosmological reform
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critique of moral corruption ⓘ critique of religious corruption ⓘ ethical reform ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| philosophicalIssue |
cosmic order and infinity
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nature of virtue and vice ⓘ relationship between religion and morality ⓘ |
| philosophicalOrientation |
Hermeticism
NERFINISHED
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Neoplatonism NERFINISHED ⓘ Renaissance philosophy ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
De la causa, principio et uno
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De l’infinito universo et mondi NERFINISHED ⓘ La cena de le ceneri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Olympus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | dialogue among mythological and allegorical figures ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesDevice | allegory of the expulsion of vices ⓘ |
| workInSeries | Giordano Bruno’s Italian dialogues ⓘ |
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