Philosophy itself cannot but benefit from our disputes, for if our conceptions prove true, new achievements will be made; if false, their refutation will further confirm the original doctrines.
GALILEO GALILEITo be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
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It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought.
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
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The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.
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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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You cannot teach a person something he does not already know, you can only bring what he does know to his awareness.
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I entertain no doubts as to the truth of the transfinites, which I have recognized with God’s help.
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The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.
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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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Nonetheless, it moves.
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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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