Il concetto di pazzia in Bruno tra Spaccio e Cabala

The article examines the way in which the concept of madness is used by Giordano Bruno in two of his most important works, the Spaccio de la bestia trionfante and Cabala del cavallo pegaseo. The author focuses especially on Spaccio and on the problem of its relationship with Cabala. The theme of ‘madness' is dealt with in very different ways in the two works, a further argument in favor of the interpretation that argues for a deep discontinuity between Spaccio and Cabala.[Publisher's text]