Eternity between a novel theology and a new science from giordano bruno to emanuele severino

The article presents the continuity between two Italian thinkers who have undergone a Catholic Inquisition process: The modern Giordano Bruno and the contemporary Emanuele Severino. The aim of this essay is not to make a comparison between the two philosophers but rather to study how the former passed the baton through history to Severino, in a way that was useful in refunding the relationships between Theology and Science. In particular, it describes how Severino completed what Bruno had only sketched. The ideas of eternity are discussed with respect to God, and they are related to the contraposition between Metaphysics and contemporary thought, from which the conflict between Theology and Science was derived in modernity, particularly after the immolation of Bruno. The article aims to address a number of aspects that unify many elements of Italian philosophy and the reasons why the Catholic Inquisition had to fight against it. The overall focus is on the originality of Severino and considers his philosophy as the basis of a possible „paradigm shift‟ for both Theology and Science. The theoretical treatise shows how Severino‟s indication of eternity can solve many aspects of the clash between Theology and Science, substantially refunding both of them.