Creative Quotations from . . .
Giordano Bruno
(1548-1600) born on
Italian "philosopher, astronomer". "He argued that the universe was infinite, that it contained an infinite number of worlds, and that these are all inhabited by intelligent beings."
 
   
F
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 immoblie."

R
"Truly religious and learned theologians have never challenged the freedom of philosophers; while the true, civilized and well-organized philosophers have always favored religions."
A
There is no law governing all things.
N
Time takes all and gives all.
K
It may be you fear more to deliver judgment upon me than I fear judgment.


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "Teofilo, in Cause, Principle, and Unity, "Fifth Dialogue" (1588; ed and tr. by Jack Lindsay, 1962)."
R: "In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994."
A: "In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994."
N: "In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994."
K: "Quoted in: I. Frith, Life of Giordano Bruno, ch. 11 (1887), to the inquisitors who had condemned him to death."



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