Giordano Bruno of Nola

ON THE TRIPLE MINIMUM AND MEASURE

ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THREE SPECULATIVE

FIVE BOOKS:

To the most illustrious and most reverend prince HENRY JULIUS, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Bishop of Halberstadt.

The chapters of each book are set out immediately after the preface; likewise, an alphabetical INDEXA systematic list of topics or names. Bruno notes that he has provided both a table of contents and an alphabetical index for ease of use. of the diagrams and principal definitions has been added at the end.

These marginal notes and stamps indicate the book’s history of ownership, moving from the library of the Jesuit "Roman College" to the National Library of Rome.

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The "Triple Minimum" mentioned in the title refers to Bruno's philosophical theory of "minima": the physical atom (the smallest part of matter), the mathematical point (the smallest part of a line), and the metaphysical monad (the fundamental unit of existence).