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= Giordano Bruno: The Forgotten Philosopher- Response = = = = Right off the bat, I found this article incredibly interesting for the single fact that I had never heard of this man before. It all goes to show how history favors certain groups during certain times and forgets the general bulk of those who try to break the mold. Bruno immediately sets himself apart from almost everyone during the period by refusing to take the words of past philosophers and scientists as fact without any concrete proof. This idea has come up several times in past readings for this class and seems to be a sound way of finding inaccuracies in past thought and advancing our wealth of human knowledge. Despite his intelligence and progressive thinking, I can only see Bruno as an immensely naïve and idiotic individual when it comes to his handling of the politics of the day. Looking back, everyone who stood against traditional Church teachings was dealt with thorough and deadly force. Yet, Bruno flaunted around all of Europe throwing around his ideas as if they were fact and continuously spitting at the established ideas of the Church. This kind of action almost never works out and usually ends in the unpleasant death of the individual and those who follow him. Another tremendous flaw in Bruno’s thinking was his refusal to recant his ideas and bow before the Church. After being taken in by the inquisition, there were only two options, turn back to the Church, even if it was only to get away from the Inquisition, or death. Bruno refused to save himself and eventually met the inevitable fate of a “heretic”. This stubbornness is most likely the main reason why he was heavily forgotten by future generations. “Heretics” do not have their works taught or their books printed, all of their ideas are usually destroyed or looks away from human eyes to ensure that dissenting ideas are not passed on to the future generations. It is a shame that the people of the day lost such a revolutionary thinker and his works, but I can completely stand by the decision of the Church in removing such an outward affront to an authority that gave some stability to the generally turbulent Europe. = Type in the content of your page here.