Giordano Bruno

Summary

Dominique Pagani mainly mentions Giordano Bruno as the man who was burned in a public square for upholding the plurality of worlds and the infinity of the universe12. He recalls that Bruno taught the treatise on the sphere and the De anima. He regularly compares him with Galileo: Bruno, less cautious, openly taught the plurality of worlds and died for it, whereas Galileo sought to escape the stake34. He stresses that the ideas for which Bruno was condemned are now shared by everyone4. In a session on the sciences of history, he notes that the thesis of an infinite universe inspires a secret horror in Kepler5. Elsewhere, he simply cites him among the figures of the Renaissance6. From one session to the next, between 2020 and 2026, these mentions remain brief and always return to the same points.

1. 1#9.11 How can sciences of history be real?7 Jan 2021 · 1:20:41
2. 2The foundations of the Platonic and Aristotelian distinction5 May 2026 · 38:32
3. 3#9.16 How can sciences of history be real?4 Mar 2021 · 59:16
4. 4Panzer-philosophy against the cogito: neo-fascism or the ideology of nature (Heidegger, Descartes)5 Mar 2022 · 47:23
5. 5#9.11 How can sciences of history be real?7 Jan 2021 · 1:31:28
6. 6From the debauchery of sense to the orgy of sentiment29 May 2023 · 1:02:30

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