I was doing my daily reading of A History of Philosophy this morning when I read this line:
" . . . his ideas acted as a stimulus on other thinkers. "
Copleston was talking about Italian philosopher Giordani Bruni (1548 to 1600), who was burned at the stake on February 17th, 1600, by the Roman Inquisition after having been imprisoned for years.
I immediately thought, I wish that could be my epitaph.
I'd also like to know more about this Bruni fellow. Amazon has a bunch of his works for fairly cheap, and a biography (by Walter Pater no less) for free download. So I'll start with the free and see where that takes me. Details as they happen, of course.
Reading this Copleston book is leading me down all kinds of hallways that I never knew existed. I am really beginning to wish that I had started reading this forty years ago when I first caught sight if it. I'd have been a much wiser man today if I had. Might have even had some influence on the thoughts of other men. Maybe even some women, too.
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