Christ had seduced the people by working apparent miracles.

So also had the Apostles.

To develop a new philosophy which should supersede religions, and to prove his superiority in knowledge over S.Thomas and all the theologians, was Bruno's cherished scheme.

He did not believe in the punishment of sins; but held a doctrine of the transmigration of souls, and of the generation of the human soul from refuse.

The world he thought to be eternal.