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Giordano Bruno, an Italian philosopher, was born in Novara in 1548 and was executed by burning at the stake in Rome on February 17, 1600. He is known for challenging the religious doctrines of his time, particularly his views on the infinity of the universe and the existence of multiple worlds. Bruno's ideas had a profound impact on the scientific revolution.

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“There is no absolute up or down, as Aristotle taught; no absolute position in space; but the position of a body is relative to that of other bodies. Everywhere there is incessant relative change in position throughout the universe, and the observer is always at the center of things.”

Body Universe Space Atheism Position Taught Absolutes Positive Atheism Relative Observers Incessant

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“In this infinite space is placed our universe (whether by chance, by necessity, or by providence I do not now consider).”

Universe Chance Space Atheism Infinite Positive Atheism Providence Infinite Space

Book:Giordano Bruno; his life and thought: With annotated translation of his work, On the infinite universe and worlds

Source: Giordano Bruno; his life and thought: With annotated translation of his work, On the infinite universe and worlds

“The soul, in its power, is present in some way in the entire universe, because it apprehends substances which are not included in the body in which it lives, although they are related to it.”

Way Soul Body Universe Substance Related

Book:Giordano Bruno: Cause, Principle and Unity: And Essays on Magic

Source: Giordano Bruno: Cause, Principle and Unity: And Essays on Magic

“I have declared infinite worlds to exist beside this our earth. It would not be worthy of God to manifest Himself in less than an infinite universe.”

World Earth Universe Infinite Worthy Manifest Infinite Universe

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“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.”

World Way Soul Universe

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“The universe is then one, infinite, immobile. ... It is not capable of comprehension and therefore is endless and limitless, and to that extent infinite and indeterminable, and consequently immobile.”

Science Universe Capable Infinite Endless Limitless Comprehension

Book:Cause, Principle, and Unity: Five Dialogues

Source: Cause, Principle, and Unity: Five Dialogues

“There is a single general space, a single vast immensity which we may freely call void: in it are unnumerable globes like this on which we live and grow, this space we declare to be infinite, since neither reason, convenience, sense-perception nor nature assign to it a limit.”

May Reason Earth Science Universe Stars Grows Space Limits Perception Infinite Void Globes Convenience Immensity Sense Perception

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“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.”

Way Universe Perfect All Things Unity Concur

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“God is infinite, so His universe must be too. Thus is the excellence of God magnified and the greatness of His kingdom made manifest; He is glorified not in one, but in countless suns; not in a single earth, a single world, but in a thousand thousand, I say in an infinity of worlds.”

World Made Earth Universe Sun Greatness Thousand Infinite Excellence Astronomy Kingdoms Manifest Infinity Predictions Cosmology Astronomy And Universe Infinite Universe

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“There is in the universe neither center nor circumference.”

Universe Astronomy Cosmology

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“When we consider the being and substance of that universe in which we are immutably set, we shall discover that neither we ourselves nor any substance doth suffer death. For nothing is in fact diminished in its substance, but all things, wandering through infinite space, undergo change of aspect.”

Facts Suffering Universe Space Aspect All Things Infinite Wander Substance Infinite Space

Book:Giordano Bruno; his life and thought: With annotated translation of his work, On the infinite universe and worlds

Source: Giordano Bruno; his life and thought: With annotated translation of his work, On the infinite universe and worlds

About the Author

Born: 1548
Died: February 17, 1600
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 78

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