. The Open court. Giordano Bruno. (1548-1600.) Italian monk and philosopher. Burnt at the stake as a heretic. Specially drawn for The Of en Court from an engraving in the Cabinet des Estampes of Paris. superstition, worry about what the future may bring, even thoughit be not until after our death, arrogance, jealousy, avarice, envy,evil and untamable passions, quarrelsomeness, falsehood, faithless- THE UNSHACKLING OF THE SPIRIT OK INQUIRY. 665 ness, abusiveness, and curiosity. The simple-minded man, hesays, lives without thought of the morrow, happy and content withhis lot, without hoping or f
. The Open court. Giordano Bruno. (1548-1600.) Italian monk and philosopher. Burnt at the stake as a heretic. Specially drawn for The Of en Court from an engraving in the Cabinet des Estampes of Paris. superstition, worry about what the future may bring, even thoughit be not until after our death, arrogance, jealousy, avarice, envy,evil and untamable passions, quarrelsomeness, falsehood, faithless- THE UNSHACKLING OF THE SPIRIT OK INQUIRY. 665 ness, abusiveness, and curiosity. The simple-minded man, hesays, lives without thought of the morrow, happy and content withhis lot, without hoping or fearing much from the future; and hewould therefore already possess that peace of mind which philos-ophers praise as the most desirable good without ever being ableto attain it. &JSi^fe:^jS^.^!U.^l^Mg^J^^^/^|^.^wju^?L^ ? ??a-vm. Michel Evquem de • . ?? . (1533-1592-; iTench essayist and philosopher. (From an engraving by Th. de Leu.) He says in another passage: In my day I have seen hun-dreds of artisans and laborers, who lived more wisely and morehappily than the rectors of the university, and whom therefore Ishould rather resemble than the latter. Much thinking, he said,is in its very nature not conducive to the health of the body. 666 THE OPEN COURT. Animals, by their health, teach us plainly enough how oftenmental agitation causes illness. What we are told of the inhabi-tants of Brazil, to wit, that they die only of old age, and which isascribed to the purity and calmness of their climate, I ascriberather to the peace and serenity of their minds, free from all emo-tions and reflexions, from all intense or disagreeable activity, asbeing people who pass their lives in admirable simplicity and ignor-ance, without science, without law, without a king, and withoutany religion whatever. How
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