The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the Second

Giordano Bruno wrote The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the Second, labelled An Ethical Poem. The preface says the second part of The Heroic Enthusiasts is on the same subject as the first, namely the struggles of the soul in its upward progress towards purification and freedom. The preface also says the aim of the Heroic Enthusiast is to get at the Truth and to see the Light, and that he considers all the trials and sufferings of this life to be the cords which draw the soul upwards.

Ces. says that this is precisely the humour of a furious lover, though the same may be said of nearly all mortals who are seriously affected in any way. Ces. also cites the case of Hermes Trismegistus, who saw Egypt in all the splendour of the sciences and of occultism and made that prophetic lament to Asclepios. Mar. says that the outcome of the mind is that alone which is always desired, sought for, and embraced by it, and names Truth, towards which man, in all times and in every state, always aspires.