The doctrine that the earth is neither the center of the universe nor
immovable, but moves even with a daily rotation, is absurd, and both
philosophically and theologically false, and at the least an error
of faith.
-- Roman Congregation decision against Galileo
To command the professors of astronomy to confute their own observations is
to enjoin an impossibility, for it is to command them not to see what they
do see, and not to understand what they do understand, and to find what they
do not discover.
-- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
immovable, but moves even with a daily rotation, is absurd, and both
philosophically and theologically false, and at the least an error
of faith.
-- Roman Congregation decision against Galileo
To command the professors of astronomy to confute their own observations is
to enjoin an impossibility, for it is to command them not to see what they
do see, and not to understand what they do understand, and to find what they
do not discover.
-- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
Related:
- It has always seemed to me extreme presumptuousness on the part of those who
want to make human ability the measure of what nature can and knows how to
do,
since, when one comes down to it, there is not one... - All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered;
the point is to discover them. -- Galileo... - I realize that command does have its fascination, even under
circumstances such as these,
but I neither enjoy the idea of command nor am I... - It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe
what is proved.
Galileo... - What you can not enforce,
do not command... - we must counterpose the overwhelming judgment provided by consistent
observations and inferences by the thousands.
The earth is billions of years old and its living creatures... - If you don't understand what I just said, don't worry.
Neither do I... - But then a new problem came up: the Jupiter probe, Galileo,
was going to use a power supply that runs on heat...
