Richard J. Blackwell used to hold the Danforth Chair in the Humanities at St. Louis University. He is now Professor Emeritus of Philosophy.

"It is ... well worth having this short work made accessible.... The part of the introduction dealing with Campanella's defense of Galileo is succinct and helpful, and the translation and annotations are good." —Nature"Blackwell here presents for the first time in English a reliable and highly readable translation of this neglected work. Campanella, the maverick Dominican, sought to head off the confrontation between Galileo and the theologians by defending Galileo's right to develop, debate, and publish his ideas freely. Written in 1616 while Campanella was imprisoned by the Inquisition, the Apologia por Galileo was banned in Rome at the time of its publication in 1622, therefore having little influence on the outcome of the case." —Translation Review". . . A welcome addition to the literature on the Galileo affair and on the controversy between science and religion." —Isis

Richard J. Blackwell used to hold the Danforth Chair in the Humanities at St. Louis University. He is now Professor Emeritus of Philosophy.

"It is ... well worth having this short work made accessible.... The part of the introduction dealing with Campanella's defense of Galileo is succinct and helpful, and the translation and annotations are good." —Nature"Blackwell here presents for the first time in English a reliable and highly readable translation of this neglected work. Campanella, the maverick Dominican, sought to head off the confrontation between Galileo and the theologians by defending Galileo's right to develop, debate, and publish his ideas freely. Written in 1616 while Campanella was imprisoned by the Inquisition, the Apologia por Galileo was banned in Rome at the time of its publication in 1622, therefore having little influence on the outcome of the case." —Translation Review". . . A welcome addition to the literature on the Galileo affair and on the controversy between science and religion." —Isis

Richard J. Blackwell used to hold the Danforth Chair in the Humanities at St. Louis University. He is now Professor Emeritus of Philosophy.

"It is ... well worth having this short work made accessible.... The part of the introduction dealing with Campanella's defense of Galileo is succinct and helpful, and the translation and annotations are good." —Nature"Blackwell here presents for the first time in English a reliable and highly readable translation of this neglected work. Campanella, the maverick Dominican, sought to head off the confrontation between Galileo and the theologians by defending Galileo's right to develop, debate, and publish his ideas freely. Written in 1616 while Campanella was imprisoned by the Inquisition, the Apologia por Galileo was banned in Rome at the time of its publication in 1622, therefore having little influence on the outcome of the case." —Translation Review". . . A welcome addition to the literature on the Galileo affair and on the controversy between science and religion." —Isis