I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.
GALILEO GALILEINames and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.
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Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.
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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes. I mean the universe, but we cannot understand it if we do not first learn the language and grasp the symbols, in which it is written.
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In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
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If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
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Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
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See now the power of truth.
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I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters.
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The greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself.
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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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The Divine intellect indeed knows infinitely more propositions.
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I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use.
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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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