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Isis Unveiled: chapter III (The mirror of the soul)

"Furthermore, Bruno confesses his inability to comprehend the doctrine of three persons in the godhead, and his doubts of the incarnation of God in Jesus, but firmly pronounces his belief in the miracles of Christ. How could he, being a Pythagorean philosopher, discredit them?   If, under the merciless constraint of the Inquisition, he, like [...]

Isis Unveiled: chapter III (The mirror of the soul)

"To this, the accused philosopher answered by the following profession of faith, which is that of every disciple of the ancient masters:   "I hold, in brief, to an infinite universe, that is, an effect of infinite divine power, because I esteemed it a thing unworthy of divine goodness and power, that being able to [...]