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Also Known As Giovanni Domenico Campanella
Born September 5, 1568 • Kingdom of Naples
Died May 21, 1639 (aged 70) • Paris • France
Notable Works “Campanella’s City of the Sun” • “De monarchia Christianorum” • “Dialogo politico contra Luterani, Calvinisti ed altri eretici” • “Metafisica” • “Philosophia sensibus demonstrata” • “Scelta”
Subjects Of Study Roman Catholicism • humanism • metaphysics • pragmatism
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