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Giordano Bruno

Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548-1600) · Italy · Academics · Died at 52

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A Dominican friar who declared the universe infinite and imagined distant suns with their own planets harboring life - then refused to recant before the Inquisition and was burned at the stake in 1600.

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A life in dates

2026The anniversary of their death, on 17 February.17 February 20261600Died17 February 16001584“A constellation of the most pedantic, obstinate ignorance and presumption, mixed with a kind of rustic incivility, which would try the patience of Job.”In their wordsDeclaration about the scholars of England, particularly those of Oxford

“We find that everything that makes up difference and number is pure accident, pure show, pure constitution.”In their wordsV, Singer, p. 218

“The Universe is one, infinite, immobile.”In their wordsAs translated by Paul Harrison

“All things are in the Universe, and the universe is in all things: we in it, and it in us; in this way everything concurs in a perfect unity.”In their wordsCause, Principle, and Unity (1584)

“Anything we take in the Universe, because it has in itself that which is All in All, includes in its own way, the entire soul of the world, which is entirely in any part of it.”In their wordsCause, Principle, and Unity (1584)

“To a body of infinite size there can be ascribed neither centre nor boundary... Thus the Earth no more than any other world is at the centre.”In their wordsII 40-41, Singer p. 58?

1548Born

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The earliest depiction of Bruno is an engraving published in 1715 in Germany, presumed based on a lost contemporary portrait.[23]The earliest depiction of Bruno is an engraving published in 1715 in Germany, presumed based on a lost contemporary portrait.[23]Woodcut illustration of one of Giordano Bruno's less complex mnemonic devicesWoodcut illustration of one of Giordano Bruno's less complex mnemonic devicesWoodcut from "Articuli centum et sexaginta adversus huius tempestatis mathematicos atque philosophos", Prague 1588Woodcut from "Articuli centum et sexaginta adversus huius tempestatis mathematicos atque philosophos", Prague 1588The trial of Giordano Bruno by the Roman Inquisition; bronze relief by Ettore Ferrari, Campo de' Fiori, RomeThe trial of Giordano Bruno by the Roman Inquisition; bronze relief by Ettore Ferrari, Campo de' Fiori, RomeIlluminated illustration of the Ptolemaic geocentric conception of the universe. The outermost text reads "The heavenly empire, dwelling of God and all the elect."Illuminated illustration of the Ptolemaic geocentric conception of the universe. The outermost text reads "The heavenly empire, dwelling of God and all the elect."The monument to Bruno in the place he was executed, Campo de' Fiori in RomeThe monument to Bruno in the place he was executed, Campo de' Fiori in Rome

In their own words 10

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  1. A constellation of the most pedantic, obstinate ignorance and presumption, mixed with a kind of rustic incivility, which would try the patience of Job.

    1584, Declaration about the scholars of England, particularly those of Oxford, Own words

  2. The universal Intellect is the intimate, most real, peculiar and powerful part of the soul of the world.

    1584, II, Singer, p 89, Own words

  3. We find that everything that makes up difference and number is pure accident, pure show, pure constitution.

    1584, V, Singer, p. 218, Own words

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About this person

Born Filippo Bruno in February 1548 in Naples, he became a Dominican priest before his restless cosmological thinking pushed him toward heresy. He embraced the Copernican model and extended it radically: the stars were suns, surrounded by exoplanets that might hold life, and the universe had no center and no edge. His pantheism, his rejection of the Trinity and eternal damnation, and his belief in the reincarnation of the soul brought him before the Roman Inquisition. Charged with denying core Catholic doctrine, he was found guilty and burned in Rome's Campo de' Fiori on 17 February 1600. Centuries later he became a symbol - claimed as a martyr for science by some, though historians still argue whether Rome killed him for his cosmology or his theology. Either way, the case became a landmark in the history of free thought.

Country
Italy
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1548 to 1600 · aged 52

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