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. He wrote his most significant works during this time, including The City of the Sun, a utopia describing an egalitarian theocratic society where property is held in common. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tommaso Campanella is the 137th most popular philosopher (down from 120th in 2019), the 372nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 294th in 2019) and the 15th 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 137 out of 1,267. Before him are Joseph Priestley, John Wycliffe, Johann Friedrich Herbart, Martin Buber, Zygmunt Bauman, and Giambattista Vico. After him are Philo, Charles Fourier, Duns Scotus, Baron d'Holbach, Mozi, and Kanada.

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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, Adriano Banchieri, Giuseppe Cesari, Marino Ghetaldi, Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Virginia de' Medici, and Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza. Among people deceased in 1639, Tommaso Campanella ranks 2. Before him is Mustafa I. After him are Orazio Gentileschi, Martin de Porres, Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, Roelant Savery, Martin Opitz, Stefano Landi, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Augusta of Denmark, and John Ford.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Tommaso Campanella ranks 372 out of 5,161. Before him are Michelangelo Antonioni (1912), Grazia Deledda (1871), Riccardo Muti (1941), Gianni Versace (1946), Dario Fo (1926), and Giambattista Vico (1668). After him are Herod Agrippa II (28), Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (1499), Pope John XI (910), Primo Levi (1919), Atia (-85), and Pope Clement III (1130).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Tommaso Campanella ranks 15. Before him are Pliny the Elder (23), Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463), Boethius (480), Bonaventure (1221), Marsilio Ficino (1433), and Giambattista Vico (1668). After him are Cesare Beccaria (1738), Alcmaeon of Croton (-510), Hippasus (-600), Theano (-600), Julius Evola (1898), and Benedetto Croce (1866).

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