John Addington Symonds, translator of Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarotti and Tommaso Campanella (London, 1878), as cited in Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)
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[A]udacious Titan of the modern age, possessing essentially a combative intellect; a poet and philosopher militant, who stood alone making war upon the authority of Aristotle in science, of Machiavelli in statecraft, and of Petrarch in art.
— John Addington Symonds on Tommaso Campanella
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About John Addington Symonds
John Addington Symonds (October 5 1840 – April 19, 1893) was an English poet and literary critic. He was an early advocate of the validity of homosexuality.
About John Addington Symonds
John Addington Symonds (October 5 1840 – April 19, 1893) was an English poet and literary critic. He was an early advocate of the validity of homosexuality.
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