Giordano Bruno

Cosmology Italy 1548 – 1600 102 quotes

Italian philosopher who advocated an infinite universe with countless worlds, burned at the stake for his bold cosmological views.

Quotes by Giordano Bruno

All things are one in the infinite.

De la causa, principio et uno 1584

The Earth is not the center of the cosmos.

Cena de le ceneri 1584

Stars are other worlds, perhaps inhabited.

De l'infinito, universo e mondi 1584

Philosophy is the love of wisdom.

De gli eroici furori 1590

The divine is in all things.

De la causa, principio et uno 1584

Motion is the life of the universe.

De l'infinito, universo e mondi 1584

Ignorance is the mother of devotion.

Cabala del cavallo pegaso 1590

The cosmos is eternal and infinite.

De l'infinito, universo e mondi 1584

Man is a microcosm of the universe.

De la causa, principio et uno 1584

Truth emerges from error.

De gli eroici furori 1590

The sun is the heart of the world.

Cena de le ceneri 1584

Philosophy leads to the divine.

De gli eroici furori 1590

The void is full of possibility.

De l'infinito, universo e mondi 1584

All is one, and one is all.

De la causa, principio et uno 1584

Courage is the price of truth.

Last words 1600

Perhaps you fear to pronounce this judgment more than I fear to receive it.

Execution statement 1600

The universe does not owe us explanations.

De l'infinito, universo e mondi 1584

In the infinite, there are no boundaries.

De l'infinito, universo e mondi 1584

The mind expands with the universe.

De gli eroici furori 1590

Nature's laws are divine decrees.

De la causa, principio et uno 1584