Giordano Bruno
Italian philosopher who advocated an infinite universe with countless worlds, burned at the stake for his bold cosmological views.
Quotes by Giordano Bruno
There is no absolute up or down, as Aristotle taught; no absolute position in space; but the universe is, as it were, an infinite sphere, whose centre is everywhere, its circumference nowhere.
The divine substance is not only in the whole, but in every part.
Innumerable suns exist; innumerable earths revolve around these suns in a manner similar to the way the seven planets revolve around our Sun. Living beings inhabit these worlds.
The universe is, therefore, one, infinite, immobile. One, I say, is the absolute possibility, the act, the form or soul, the matter or body, the thing, the one being, the one maximum and minimum.
The stars are not fixed in the firmament, but are suns like our own, and have planets revolving around them.
Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.
The more we are able to perceive the infinite, the more we are able to understand the divine.
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. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.
The divine essence is in all things, and all things are in the divine essence.
The universe is a single, infinite, and immobile whole.
The universe is not finite, but infinite, and contains an infinite number of worlds.
The world is an infinite living being, in which all things are contained.
The sun is but one of an infinite number of stars, and each star is a sun surrounded by its own planets.
The universe is not a machine, but a living organism.
The divine is not outside the universe, but within it, as its soul and life.
The infinite is not a negation of the finite, but its affirmation.
The universe is not static, but dynamic, constantly changing and evolving.
The divine is not a separate entity, but the very essence of all things.
The universe is not a creation, but an emanation of the divine.
The infinite is not incomprehensible, but only beyond our finite comprehension.