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Letter "G" » Galileo Galilei Quotes
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«It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.»
Author: Galileo Galilei
(Astronomer, Mathematician, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
harmful, heresy, proved
«Infinities and indivisibles transcend our finite understanding, the former on account of their magnitude, the latter because of their smallness; Imagine what they are when combined.»
Author: Galileo Galilei
(Astronomer, Mathematician, Philosopher)
| About:
Understanding
| Keywords:
combined, finite, former, Infinities, latter, smallness, transcend
«We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves»
«And who can doubt that it will lead to the worst disorders when minds created free by God are compelled to submit slavishly to an outside will? When we are told to deny our senses and subject them to the whim of others? When people devoid of whatsoever competence are made judgesover experts and are granted authority to treat them as they please?These are the novelties which are apt to bring about the ruin ofcommonwealths and the subversion of the state.»
Author: Galileo Galilei
(Astronomer, Mathematician, Philosopher)
| About:
Doubt,
Mankind,
Religion
| Keywords:
apt, bring about, compelled, competence, devoid, devoid of, disorders, experts, free state, novelties, slavishly, submit, subversion, subversions, whatsoever, whim
«By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.»
Author: Galileo Galilei
(Astronomer, Mathematician, Philosopher)
| About:
Principles
| Keywords:
denying, paradox
«And yet Its still moves»
«Nothing physical which sense-experience sets before our eyes, or which necessary demonstrations prove to us, ought to be called into question (much less condemned) upon the testimony of biblical passages.»
Author: Galileo Galilei
(Astronomer, Mathematician, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
demonstrations, sense experience
«I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments, and demonstrations.»
Author: Galileo Galilei
(Astronomer, Mathematician, Philosopher)
| About:
Beginning,
Problems
| Keywords:
demonstrations, discussion, experiments, scriptures, the discussion
«If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.»
Author: Galileo Galilei
(Astronomer, Mathematician, Philosopher)
| About:
Mathematics,
Study
| Keywords:
Plato, studies
«It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.»
Author: Galileo Galilei
(Astronomer, Mathematician, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
constrain, constraining, constrains, experiment, scriptures, The Authority, vexes, vexing
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