Sep. 5: Tommaso Campanella, Italian philosopher-monk

BORN SEPTEMBER 5th:

Tommaso Campanella (1568-1639) Italian philosopher-monk and poet known for his heterodox views, for which he was tortured and then imprisoned for 27 years, where he wrote among other works his utopian novel La città del Sole (The City of the Sun).

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