Galileo Galilei – Purpee Quotes

In questions of science, the authority of

Posted on January 16, 2018January 16, 2005 by admin

“In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.”

— Galileo Galilei

Author: Galileo Galilei
Category: science
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It vexes me when they would constrain

Posted on November 22, 2017November 22, 2012 by admin

“It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.”

— Galileo Galilei

Author: Galileo Galilei
Category: science
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All truths are easy to understand once

Posted on June 21, 2015June 21, 2010 by admin

“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.”

— Galileo Galilei

Author: Galileo Galilei
Category: truth
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If I were again beginning my studies,

Posted on April 15, 2015April 15, 2010 by admin

“If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.”

— Galileo Galilei

Author: Galileo Galilei
Category: education
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Facts which at first seem improbable will,

Posted on April 4, 2015April 4, 2010 by admin

“Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.”

— Galileo Galilei

Author: Galileo Galilei
Category: beauty
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The sun, with all those planets revolving

Posted on July 6, 2014July 6, 2009 by admin

“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.”

— Galileo Galilei

Author: Galileo Galilei
Category: nature
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