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Giordano Bruno: a life at the altar of the Science Asis Kumar Chaudhuri Giordano Brno (1548-1600) Giordano Bruno was an Italian philosopher, scientist and above all a free thinker.
He was born in 1548 (the exact date is uncertain) in Nola, a small town in Naples, Italy, then under the rule of Spain. Son of Giovanni Bruno an Italian soldier and Fraulissa Savolino of German descent, Bruno was baptized as Filippo Bruno possibly in deference to the King Philip of Spain.
Very little is known about his early life. At the age of 11, Bruno enrolled at a Naples monastery to receive higher education.
Giordano bruno theoryWhile at Naples, he was influenced by his teacher to the medieval school of philosophy "Averroism". The philosophy was put forward by the 12th Century Islamic philosopher Averroës (also known as Ibn Rushd), who tried to reconcile Aristotelian ideology with the Islamic faith.
The basic tenet of Averroism is that reason and philosophy ar