SOURCE: "Man, Sun, and Cosmos in the Philosophy of Giordano Bruno," in Soviet Studies in Philosophy, Vol. VI, No. 2, Fall, 1967, pp. 14-21.

In this essay, Dynnik examines the merits of Bruno's arguments and conclusions concerning cosmology.

Italy was the first country to take the course of elimination of feudal relationships. The Italian Renaissance marked the beginning of the complex and contradictory process whereby the new, capitalist society took form, triumphed, and became firmly established. The epoch of the Renaissance gave birth to centralized national states in what were the most advanced countries of Europe of that time, undermined the intellectual dictatorship of the church, cleared the way for the sciences of nature, and prepared the soil for the appearance of the advanced philosophical teachings of the 17th and 18th centuries.

The Renaissance in Italy found expression in remarkable works of painting and poetry, sculpture and architecture, in brilliant...