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Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.

Galileo Galilei

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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Accomodation Attribute Essence Name Science
That sculpture is more admirable than painting for the reason that it contains relief and painting does not is completely false.
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Admire Painting Reason relief Sculpture
The deeper I go in considering the vanities of popular reasoning, the lighter and more foolish I find them.
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Consideration Fools Reason Vanity
Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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Earth Move Round Science Sun
See now the power of truth; the same experiment which at first glance seemed to show one thing, when more carefully examined, assures us of the contrary.
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Assure Care Contrary Experiement Glance Power Show Truth
To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
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Modest Statement Wise
In my studies of astronomy and philosophy I hold this opinion about the universe, that the Sun remains fixed in the centre of the circle of heavenly bodies, without changing its place; and the Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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Astronomy Earth Opinion Philosophy Round Science Study Sun Universe
I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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Fear Love Night Stars
Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
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Dare Science
See now the power of truth.
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Justice One Liner Power Science Truth
The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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God Heaven Path
Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
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Measure Science
The increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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Art Establishment Growth Increase Investigation Truth
Nature does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few.
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Act Nature
Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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Contradict One Liner Truth
Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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Book Gaze Open Philosophy Stand Writing

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