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Tommaso Campanella

Type Figure Region Italy Time c. 1568–1639 Also known as Campanella

Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and political thinker famed for the utopian work 'The City of the Sun';…

Timeline

1601–1610Naples · CampaniaContinued philosophical writing in a Naples prison under Inquisition supervision, completing the utopian work 'The City of the Sun' around 1602, exploring the relations of politics, education, and religion through an ideal city-state; meanwhile writing 'Metaphysics' and other works, developing a cosmology centered on natural reason, with manuscripts circulating secretly among Italian intellectuals.

Sources

Tommaso Campanella https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/campanella/
Tommaso Campanella https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tommaso-Campanella