HEROIC ENTHUSIASTS

(GLI EROICI FURORI)

An Ethical poem

BY GIORDANO BRUNO

PART THE FIRST

TRANSLATED BY

L. WILLIAMS

WITH AN INTRODUCTION, COMPILED CHIEFLY FROM DAVID LEVI'S GIORDANO BRUNO O LA RELIGIONE DEL PENSIERO

LONDON GEORGE REDWAY YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN 1887

INTRODUCTION. First Dialogue. Second Dialogue. Third Dialogue. Fourth Dialogue. Fifth Dialogue.

PREFACE.

When this Translation was begun, more than two years ago, for my own pleasure, in leisure hours, I had no knowledge of the difficulty I should find in the work, nor any thought of ever having it printed; but as "Gli Eroici Furori" of Giordano Bruno has never appeared in English, I decided to publish that portion of it which I have finished.

I wish to thank those friends who have so kindly looked over my work from time to time, and given me their help in the choice of words and phrases. I must, moreover, confess that I am keenly alive to the shortcomings and defects of this Translation.

I have used the word "Enthusiasts" in the title, rather than "Enthusiasms," because it seemed to me more appropriate.

L. W. Folkestone, September 1887. ERRATA Page 3, line 10, for "also mother" read "also my mother." Page 47, line 9, for "poisons" read "poison."