"The City of the Sun" by Tommaso Campanella. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible...
The City of the Sun is a dialogue between «a Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller and a Genoese Sea-Captain,» The book describes a theocratic society where goods, women and children are held in common. It also resembles the City of Adocentyn in the Picatrix, an Arabic guide to magical town planning. In the final part of the work, Campanella prophesies – in the veiled language of astrology – that the Spanish kings, in alliance with the Pope, are destined to be the instruments of a Divine Plan:...
Oma tuntuimas teoses visandab Campanella ideaalriigi, mille kodanikud elavad omalaadses kommuunis: eraomandit seal ei tunta, kõik tööd tehakse ära ühiselt ning igaüks saab pidada ametit, „mille peale tal kõige rohkem soont ja hakkamist on“. Ridade vahele on mõistagi pikitud ka kriitikat autori kaasaegsete elukorralduse ja tol ajal valitsenud mõtteviiside pihta. Campanella lootis, et Päikeselinna-sarnast ideaalriiki on võimalik ka tegelikkuses ellu kutsuda, ja eri vahendeid appi võttes prooviski...
