Tao Te Ching
Giordano Bruno
1548 – 1600 CE
Giordano Bruno (1548 – 1600)
Like Galileo, a "martyr of science," Dominican friar, Epicurean poet, cosmological mathematician; Bruno fled his monastery and wandered through France and Italy teaching. Burned at the stake by the Roman Inquisition for his scientific, pantheistic, and Epicurean views; Bruno first described stars as distant suns with planets of their own, championed the Copernican view that the earth is not the center of the universe, and taught the dangerous view that likewise people and our civilizations are not the center of the cosmos but only a tiny part of something much larger. This led to an 8-year trial, his torture and death but also a strong foundation for the newly emerging sciences and the openness to free thought.
Eras
Western
Renaissance (1304 – 1576 CE)Chinese
Ming dynasty (1368 – 1644 CE)Sources
Cause, Principle, and Unity: And Essays on Magic
Quotes by Giordano Bruno (11 quotes)
“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.”
from Cause, Principle, and Unity: And Essays on Magic
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“Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.”
from Cause, Principle, and Unity: And Essays on Magic
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“If there was no faith, there would be no ignorance.”
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“Love is everything, and it affects everything”
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“A worthy and heroic death is better than worthless and despicable triumph”
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“A worthy and heroic death is better than worthless and despicable triumph”
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“We have the knowledge not to search for divinity removed from us if we have it near; it is within us more than we ourselves are.”
Chapters:
47. Effortless Success
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“Usually those who have limited understanding think they know more, and those who have no brains, think they know everything.”
Chapters:
65. Simplicity: the Hidden Power of Goodness
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“Enthusiasm is love and dreams of a beautiful life, due to which we are enabled to become better”
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“It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority.”
Chapters:
38. Fruit Over Flowers
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