Diapositivo 1

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Giordano Bruno
(1548-1600)
Friedrich Fröbel (Resumo)
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He argued that the Universe is infinite
Born in 1548 in Rome
He questioned the teaching methods of his time.
Defender of humanism, current philosophy of the
Renaissance (whose main representative was
Erasmus)
He had doubts about the Dogma of the Trinity
His forename was Filippo, adopting the name of
Giordano when he joined the Dominican Order (at
the convent of Naples in 1566). There he studied
Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas. He became
Doctor in theology.
Also advocates Pantheism
He wrote De linfinito universo e mondi, in
1584. (On Infinite, Universe and worlds)
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He advocated the heliocentric system
Invited by the venetian noble Giovanni Mocenigo
in 1590
The most controversial aspect of the thought of
Bruno is his Cosmology, influenced by Nicholas of
Cusa and Copernicus, stating that
the universe is infinite, populated by thousands
of solar systems, linking many other planets with
intelligent life.
was trapped and surrendered to the Inquisition in
1592
But it is likely that more important that this,
to the Inquisition
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• Was his critical spirit, the refusal of the
  acceptance of dogmas and something in its time,
  disturbing

• Man was considered as having been created from
  the image of God
• Sustaining the possibility of numerous planets
  with intelligent life was strange, in that
  context.

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• He was sentenced by the Inquisition, and lived
  his last eight years under torture.
• Nevertheless he did not change his ideas.
• He was sentenced to death and executed in 1600,
  having been burned.
• It is possible that what happened to Bruno
  contributed to a more cautious position taken by
  Galileo.

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• References
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno
• Blackwell, Richard J. de Lucca, Robert (1998).
  Cause, Principle and Unity And Essays on Magic
  by Giordano Bruno. Cambridge University Press.
  ISBN 0-521-59658-0.
• Couliana, Ioan P. (1987). Eros and Magic in the
  Renaissance. University of Chicago Press. ISBN
  0-226-12315-4
• Gatti, Hilary (2002). Giordano Bruno and
  Renaissance Science. Cornell University Press.
  ISBN 0-8014-8785-4.
• Giuliano Montaldo, Giordano Bruno, film, 1973,
  123 mins.