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 GALILEIWhere the senses fail us, reason must step in.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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The Divine intellect indeed knows infinitely more propositions.
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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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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.
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The increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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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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If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
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Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go.
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The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.
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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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If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look to you more splendid than the moon.
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