Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) is famous for being a heretic and for endorsing the Copernican system of the planets. This book identifies his place in the Aristotelian tradition. Occasionally, Bruno taught Aristotle at universities, and great part of his philosophy is engaging in interpreting and correcting Aristotle. In discussing the history of philosophical theories Bruno showed that the thorough study of the history of philosophy generates philosophy. Paul Richard Blum is T.J. Higgins, S.J., Chair in Philosophy at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, USA. He studied philosophy in Germany and Italy and taught in Germany, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. Besides Renaissance philosophy he specializes in early modern scholasticism.

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Table of Contents Preface to the English Edition Foreword to the German Edition Introduction a. Topic and task b. Bruno's teachings on Aristotle c. Overview of the order of presentation d. Preliminaries to Bruno's method of reception I. Logic 1. Aristotle's Topics 2. Transcendental Logic 3. Ars Lulliana and Ars Memoriae 4. Syllogisms and Categories 5. Ens Rationis and Ens Reale II. Cosmology 6. Location and Space 7. Abstraction and Extrapolation 8. Multitude of Worlds 9. The Infinite 10. Distinctions of the Infinite 11. Natural and Relative Location 12. The Infinite by Division 13. The Minimum 14. Time and the Atom of Time III. Principles of Nature 15. Teleology and Reason in Nature 16. The Concept of Nature in Bruno's Philosophy 17. Matter as Substratum of Forms 18. The Mode of Being of Matter: Substratum, Substance, Subject 19. The Principles Matter and Form 20. Matter in the Dialectic Oneness of Being 21. The Natural Principles in the Context of the Method of Reception IV. Unity and Multiplicity 22. Unity as Substance 23. The Unmoved Mover 24. Physical and Metaphysical Motion 25. Immanence and Transcendence in the Unity of God and Nature 26. Absolute Immanence 27. Verification 28. Thought as Motion 29. Outcome and Conclusion Abbreviations Bibliography Index of Names