Giordano Bruno

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"I beg you, reject antiquity, tradition, faith, and authority! Let us begin anew by doubting everything we assume has been proven!"

—Giordano Bruno (1548-1600)

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"There is no absolute up or down, as Aristotle taught; no absolute position in space; but the position of a body is relative to that of other bodies. Everywhere there is incessant relative change in position throughout the universe, and the observer is always at the center of things."

—Giordano Bruno (1548-1600)

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"In space there are countless constellations, suns and planets; we see only the suns because they give light; the planets remain invisible, for they are small and dark. There are also numberless earths circling around their suns..."

—Giordano Bruno (1548-1600)

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"Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people."

—Giordano Bruno (1548-1600)

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"When we consider the being and substance of that universe in which we are immutably set, we shall discover that neither we ourselves nor any substance doth suffer death. For nothing is in fact diminished in its substance, but all things, wandering through infinite space, undergo change of aspect."

—Giordano Bruno (1548-1600)

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"What can be more stupid than to be in pain about future things and absent ones which at present are not felt?"

—Giordano Bruno (1548-1600)

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"Magicians can do more by means of faith than physicians by the truth."

—Giordano Bruno (1548-1600)

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"The fools of the world have been those who have established religions, ceremonies, laws, faith, rule of life."

—Giordano Bruno (1548-1600)