Giordano Bruno
1548 - 1600
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Quotes
Biography
Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) was an Italian philosopher, astronomer, mathematician, and poet. He is best known for his cosmological theories, which combined Copernican astronomy with a pantheistic view of the universe. Bruno's controversial ideas on the infinity of the universe and the plurality of worlds led to his conflicts with the Catholic Church. In 1600, he was convicted of heresy and burned at the stake in Rome.
Famous Quotes (5)
1
The divine light is always in man, presenting itself to the senses and to the comprehension, but man rejects it.
2
In space there are countless constellations, suns and planets; we see only the suns because they give light. The planets remain invisible, for they are small and dark.
3
Your God is in yourself.
4
It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.
5
Perchance you who pronounce my sentence are in greater fear than I who receive it.