Giordano Bruno was a man with dangerous thoughts. He is remembered as one of the "martyrs of science." He was among the early admirers of Copernicus whom he followed in maintaining that the earth moved around the sun. With all his talents he was totally devoid of worldly wisdom and incapable of prudent silence. His daring ideas brought embarrassment wherever he went, and in the end he was always forced to seek yet another refuge passing from one place to another. Bruno's ecstatic vision of a single infinite universe was most fatal to him in the judgement of the Papal Tribunal, that sustained him "in enchantment" during the years of agony, and that has contributed most to the thought of his successors.
The last years of Giordano Bruno's life were spent in the prisons of the Inquisition. As he received judgment he voiced out the immortal phrase: "Maybe you who condemn me are in greater fear than I who am condemned." Bruno declared that he died a willing martyr and that his soul would rise with the smoke to paradise.
The last years of Giordano Bruno's life were spent in the prisons of the Inquisition. As he received judgment he voiced out the immortal phrase: "Maybe you who condemn me are in greater fear than I who am condemned." Bruno declared that he died a willing martyr and that his soul would rise with the smoke to paradise.
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The forgotten philosopher.He believed in the right to think, to dream.Contrary to him, Galileo played for personal safety.
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