GIORDANO BRUNO OF NOLA

LOGIC. And to finally embrace everything in a single word: different people feel differently, diverse men say diverse things; there are as many opinions as there are heads. A common Latin proverb: "Quot homines, tot sententiae." PHILOSOPHY. And just as many voices. From this, the crows croak, the cuckoos call, the wolves howl, the pigs grunt, the sheep bleat, the oxen low, the horses neigh, and the donkeys bray. Aristotle said it is a shameful thing to be anxious to respond to every single person who questions you; oxen low to oxen, horses neigh to horses, and donkeys bray to donkeys. It is our task to attempt something through conversation regarding this man's invention. The "invention" likely refers to Bruno's mnemonic system or his cosmological theories.

LOGIC. Quite right. Let it please Hermes, therefore, to open the book, so that we may consider the opinions of the author himself. HERMES. I shall do so most willingly. Look, I am reading the preface of the work.