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Giordano Bruno

Born

in Roma, Italy

December 02, 1547

Died

February 17, 1600

Genre

Philosophy, Science, Astronomy

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Giordano Bruno (1548 – February 17, 1600), born Filippo Bruno, was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer, who is best known as a proponent of the infinity of the universe. His cosmological theories went beyond the Copernican model in identifying the Sun as just one of an infinite number of independently moving heavenly bodies: he is the first European man to have conceptualized the universe as a continuum where the stars we see at night are identical in nature to the Sun. He was burned at the stake by authorities in 1600 after the Roman Inquisition found him guilty of heresy. After his death he gained considerable fame; in the 19th and early 20th centuries, commentators focusing on his astronomical beliefs re ...more

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	Cause, Principle and Unity and Essays on Magic by Giordano Bruno, Alfonso Ingegno (Introduction), Richard J. Blackwell (Editor) 4.10 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 1583 — 82 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast by Giordano Bruno, Arthur D. Imerti (Introduction) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 1584 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ash Wednesday Supper (RSART: Renaissance Society of America Reprint Text Series) by Giordano Bruno, Lawrence S. Lerner (Editor), Edward A. Gosselin (Editor) 3.73 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 1584 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De Umbris Idearum: On the Shadows of Ideas (Collected Works of Giordano Bruno) by Giordano Bruno, Scott Gosnell (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.12 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 1582 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Infinite, the Universe and the Worlds: Five Cosmological Dialogues (Collected Works of Giordano Bruno Book 2) by Giordano Bruno, Scott Gosnell (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.20 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1584 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heroic Enthusiasts, Gli Eroici Furori: An Ethical Poem by Giordano Bruno, L. Williams 3.99 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1585 — 111 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cabala of Pegasus by Giordano Bruno, Sidney L. Sondergard, Professor Sidney L. Sondergard (Translator) 3.87 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1585 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Magic (Collected Works of Giordano Bruno Book 5) by Giordano Bruno, Scott Gosnell (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1588 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cantus Circaeus: The Incantations of Circe together with The Judiciary being The Art of Memory by Giordano Bruno, Darius Klein (Translator) 4.42 avg rating — 19 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Composition of Images, Signs and Ideas by Giordano Bruno, Charles Doria (Translator), Dick Higgins (Editor) 4.39 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1591 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.”
― Giordano Bruno

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“Maybe you who condemn me are in greater fear than I who am condemned.”
― Giordano Bruno

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“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.”
― Giordano Bruno

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