French Literature Reviews - 2026

B. Munoz, La Philosophie morale de Giordano Bruno : Liberté et infini
Philosophy, Anthropology and Ideas

Brian Munoz, La Philosophie morale de Giordano Bruno : Liberté et infini

Paris : L'Harmattan, coll. "Ouverture philosophique", 2014.

224 p.

EAN 9782343001593 (EAN Ebook format Pdf : 9782336347875)

22.00 EUR (digital version: 16.50 EUR)

Publisher's overview:

Giordano Bruno is best known for his tragic fate: burned at the stake by the Inquisition following a lengthy trial. His thought emerged as a response to a turbulent era quite similar to our own, marked by a surge in extremes of all kinds—religious and apocalyptic—sweeping social transformations, and a rising science that reshaped humanity's relationship with both the world and itself.

Brian Munoz is currently an associate researcher at the University of Lyon I - ENSL and served as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Puerto Rico from 2007 to 2012.

Giordano Bruno occupies a singular position in early modern thought, situated at the crossroads of Renaissance humanism, cosmological revolution, and the shifting orthodoxies of the sixteenth century. The intellectual landscape of the period was deeply marked by religious upheaval, intellectual ferment, and the gradual emergence of a new scientific worldview that challenged traditional paradigms of humanity's place in the cosmos.

Brian Munoz is an associate researcher at the University of Lyon I - ENSL and served as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Puerto Rico from 2007 to 2012. Giordano Bruno is best known for his tragic fate of being burned at the stake by the Inquisition following a lengthy trial, and his thought emerged as a response to a turbulent era marked by religious extremes and shifting relationships with the world. Readers interested in the history of early modern philosophy may find this work relevant to these scholarly inquiries.