Giordano Bruno
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Giordano Bruno was an Italian friar, philosopher, and mathematician who lived from 1548 to 1600 and became known for his radical ideas challenging the scientific and religious understanding of his time. He matters because his bold theories about the infinite universe and criticism of church doctrine made him an important, if tragic, figure in the history of European thought—he was ultimately executed for heresy in 1600.
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- Born
- 1950
- Died
- 1600-01-01
- Works
- 36
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- Malaparte
- Rivista Italiana di Studi Napoleonici
- Gabriele d'Annunzio. La Vita Come Opera d'Arte
- L'architaliano
- Fascisti: Gli italiani di Mussolini
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9 objects attributed to Giordano Bruno, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Giordano Bruno (/dʒɔːrˈdɑːnoʊ ˈbruːnoʊ/ jor-DAH-noh BROO-noh; Italian: [dʒorˈdaːno ˈbruːno]; Latin: Iordanus Brunus Nolanus; born Filippo Bruno; February 1548 – 17 February 1600) was a Neopolitan philosopher, Dominican friar and priest, poet, alchemist, astronomer, cosmological theorist, and esotericist. He is known for his cosmological theories, which conceptually extended to include the then-novel Copernican model. He practised Hermeticism and took a mystical approach to exploring the universe. He proposed that the stars were distant suns surrounded by their own planets (exoplanets), and he raised the possibility that these planets might foster life of their own, a cosmological position known as cosmic pluralism. He also insisted that the universe is infinite and can have no centre.
Bruno was tried for heresy by the Roman Inquisition on charges of denial of several core Catholic doctrines, including eternal damnation, the Trinity, the deity of Christ, the virginity of Mary, and transubstantiation. Bruno's pantheism was not taken lightly by the church, nor was his teaching of metempsychosis regarding the reincarnation of the soul. The Inquisition found him guilty, and he was burned at the stake in Rome's Campo de' Fiori in 1600. After his death, he gained considerable fame, being particularly celebrated by 19th- and early 20th-century commentators who regarded him as a martyr for science. Some historians are of the opinion that his heresy trial was not a response to his cosmological views but rather a response to his views on religion and the afterlife, while others largely reject this view. Bruno's case is still considered a landmark in the history of free thought and the emerging sciences.
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1548 births1600 deaths16th-century executions by Italian states16th-century Italian Christian monks16th-century Italian male writers16th-century Italian philosophers16th-century Italian poets16th-century Italian scientists16th-century mysticsAcademic staff of the University of HelmstedtDate of birth unknownExecuted Italian people
