Transcriber's Note: ################### This e-text is based on the 1903 edition of the original book. Minor punctuation errors have been tacitly corrected. Inconsistencies in hyphenation, ligatures, and accented forms, such as 'sun-flower/sunflower', 'formulæ/formulae', 'Combinatoriâ/Combinatoria', etc., have been retained. Missing footnote numbers have been added according to sequence. The Table of Contents has been changed regarding the content of the first section 'Biographies, Works, and Essays.' Italic text in the original version has been placed between underscores (_italic_); passages in small caps have been symbolised by forward slashes (/small caps/). [oe] represents the respective ligature, ^{text} signifies a superscript passage. The following passages have been corrected: # p. 16: 'Beza' --> 'Béza'; 'before Venetian tribunal' --> 'before the Venetian tribunal' # p. 18 (sidenote): 'Circuæs' --> 'Circæus' # p. 30: 'Artic' --> 'Arctic'; 'terrestial' --> 'terrestrial' # p. 37: 'Mauvissère' --> 'Mauvissière' # p. 64: 'aquaintance' --> 'acquaintance' # p. 71: 'bann' --> 'ban' # p. 131: 'fanastic' --> 'fantastic' # p. 252: 'philosphy' --> 'philosophy' # p. 295: 'allmighty' --> 'almighty' # p. 330: 'intuites' --> 'intuits' # p. 348: 'docrine' --> 'doctrine' # p. 353: 'Carriére' --> 'Carrière' # Index, Bartholmèss, Christian: ' 2, 16, 20, ...' --> '5, 16, 20, ...' GIORDANO BRUNO [Illustration] [Illustration: _Giordano Bruno._ _Statue by Ettore Ferrari._] GIORDANO BRUNO BY J. LEWIS McINTYRE M.A. EDIN. AND OXON.: D.SC. EDIN.: ANDERSON LECTURER IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN London MACMILLAN AND CO., /Limited/ NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1903 _All rights reserved_ To MY WIFE PREFACE