The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the First

Giordano Bruno

Translated by L. Williams

6 chapters · about 2 h

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The opening

First Dialogue.

Tansillo, Cicada.

Tans. The enthusiasms most suitable to be first brought forward and considered are those that I now place before you in the order that seems to me most fitting.

Cic. Begin, then, to read.

Tansillo. 1.

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About this edition

The words
L. Williams's English translation, copied word for word.
Left out
  • The source library's header, footer and license, in 2 places
  • The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
  • The printed table of contents (the app makes its own)
  • A preface, foreword or afterword, in 2 places
  • Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 3 places
  • Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 2 places
  • Printer's line: ‘PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND CO. LONDON AND EDINBURGH’