This is the maternal pain of truth, that it tears apart the womb that gives it birth. Every new vision becomes restless torment for the one who has perceived it. It must be so that the new, simply because it is new, goes unheard, and the thinker, because he is rare, remains lonely. The controversial poet and philosopher Heinrich Freiherr von Stein writes about the equally controversial poet and philosopher Giordano Bruno. By approaching Bruno's philosophical teachings through his poetic work, von Stein succeeds in providing a compelling description of a contentious and combative thinker who became a martyr for speaking truths that his time was not yet ready to accept.