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.
GALILEO GALILEIThe greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself.
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Nature is written in mathematical language.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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The Divine intellect indeed knows infinitely more propositions.
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I am certainly interested in a tribunal in which, for having used my reason, I was deemed little less than a heretic.
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The earth, in fair and grateful exchange, pays back to the moon an illumination similar to that which it receives from her throughout nearly all the darkest gloom of the night.
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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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Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought.
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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.
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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
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What greater stupidity can be imagined than that of calling jewels, silver, and gold “precious,” and earth and soil “base”?
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It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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Nonetheless, it moves.
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Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
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