PHILOSOPHER

Tommaso Campanella

1568 - 1639

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Tommaso Campanella (Italian: [tomˈmaːzo kampaˈnɛlla]; 5 September 1568 – 21 May 1639), baptized Giovanni Domenico Campanella, was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, theologian, astrologer, and poet. Campanella was prosecuted by the Roman Inquisition for heresy in 1594 and was confined to house arrest for two years. Accused of conspiring against the Spanish rulers of Calabria in 1599, he was tortured and sent to prison, where he spent 27 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tommaso Campanella has received more than 329,344 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia. Tommaso Campanella is the 120th most popular philosopher (up from 124th in 2019), the 294th most popular biography from Italy (down from 270th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Italian Philosopher.

Tommaso Campanella was a philosopher, theologian, and astrologer who was sentenced to life in prison for heresy and sedition. He is most famous for his utopian work City of the Sun.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Tommaso Campanella ranks 120 out of 1,267. Before him are William of Ockham, Henri de Saint-Simon, Pyrrho, Johann Friedrich Herbart, Simone Weil, and Chanakya. After him are Mozi, Charles Fourier, John Venn, Ramon Llull, Bonaventure, and Philo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1568, Tommaso Campanella ranks 2. Before him is Pope Urban VIII. After him are Jan Brueghel the Elder, Aloysius Gonzaga, Wei Zhongxian, Gunilla Bielke, Giuseppe Cesari, Adriano Banchieri, Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Marino Ghetaldi, Virginia de' Medici, and Anna Vasa of Sweden. Among people deceased in 1639, Tommaso Campanella ranks 2. Before him is Mustafa I. After him are Martin de Porres, Orazio Gentileschi, Roelant Savery, Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, Stefano Landi, Martin Opitz, Augusta of Denmark, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and John Ford.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Tommaso Campanella ranks 294 out of 5,161. Before him are Didius Julianus (133), Pope Urban I (222), Duccio (1255), Messalina (17), Pope Sergius IV (970), and Germanicus (-15). After him are Umberto I of Italy (1844), Pope Damasus I (305), Pope John X (860), Pope Adrian V (1205), Bonaventure (1221), and Carlo Goldoni (1707).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Tommaso Campanella ranks 12. Before him are Lucretius (-94), Zeno of Elea (-490), Pliny the Elder (23), Antonio Gramsci (1891), Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463), and Boethius (480). After him are Bonaventure (1221), Marsilio Ficino (1433), Giambattista Vico (1668), Hippasus (-600), Cesare Beccaria (1738), and Benedetto Croce (1866).

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