He never confessed or denied his creed, therefore he died a heretic and excommunicate and he was denied a Christian burial. Author of the book 'The City of the Sun' published in 1623. Technology for Campanella was, in a certain sense, the determining factor in the configuration of culture. For example, in his work the importance of the inventions of the printing press, gunpowder and the compass are stressed. According to Campanella, technology and the manipulation of things constitute the source of the human being's superiority.
Technology is at the center of everything and conditions everything else.
He was born in Rome in 1585. He was educated privately and at an early age became interested in natural science. In 1603, at age eighteen, Cesi founded the Accademia dei Lincei, the Lyncean Academy. The members lived communally and almost monastically in Cesi's house, where he provided them with books and laboratory equipment. Lyncean Academy was steadfastly opposed by Cesi's father and other Roman aristocrats.