biography
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Bruno, Giordano
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originally Filippo Bruno, nickname Il Nolano
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| lived:
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| biography:
| Renaissance philosopher, born in Nola, S Italy. At first a Dominican, his unorthodox interests in hermeticism caused him to leave the order, and he travelled widely throughout Europe. His philosophy was an extreme pantheism, and he was sympathetic to Copernicus's theory of the universe. This led to his arrest by the Inquisition and, after a 7-year trial, he was burned in Rome. He published dialogues in Italian and many Latin treatises on a vast range of topics in philosophy, science, mathematics, religion, and magic. |
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