Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast

Published in London in 1584, The Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast is Giordano Bruno's first work of moral philosophy. It is dedicated with a long Explicatory Letter to Elizabeth I's most cultured courtier, Sir Philip Sidney. It is a book about moral reform, expelling the beasts of evil, and putting virtues in their place. Its theme is presented as an allegorical drama in which ancient myths assum...