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“On the Roots of the World’s Great Evils I was born to vanquish three extreme evils: tyranny, sophism, and hypocrisy; so now I realize with how much harmony Themis taught me Power, Intellect, and Love. These are true and supreme principles of the great philosophy revealed, the remedy against the triple lie, under which you, oh world, quiver weeping. Famines, wars, plagues, envy, deceit, injustice, lust, sloth, and disdain, all depend on these three great evils which in blind self love have their deserving son, the root and instigator of ignorance. Therefore, I come to pluck out ignorance.”

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Book:Selected Philosophical Poems of Tommaso Campanella
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Tommaso Campanella
Tommaso Campanella

Tommaso Campanella (September 5, 1568 - May 21, 1639) was an Italian philosopher, theologian, mathematician, and poet. His ideas were deeply influenced by the Renaissance humanism and the Reformation. His most famous work is 'The City of the Sun'. more

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