![]() Heavens, the plural, is a more recent variation, not of Galileo's origin. To Galileo heaven was a singular place, not plural. The actual quote FROM THE CITATION 21st paragraph at the end, ( )if you would actually read it, says "Ghost" and "heaven goes". The variant (wrong though it is) is now a variant. Furthermore the quote, as referenced to the Fordham source was wrong. It is of significance that Galileo used the quote in a letter to The Grand Duchess Christina in defense of himself. Cardinal Baronius is not believed to have said this publicly. It should not be removed, because Galileo was quoting the Cardinal from what was believed to have been a private conversation between the two men. Rachel Ayres 05:44, 29 January 2008 (UTC) Reply I believe it should be removed, any feedback on that? ![]() ![]() In the book I am currently reading (which isn't necessarily the authority on the subject of galileo) it states that when galileo said " The bible teaches us how to go to heaven, not how the heavens go" he was quoting Cardinal Baronius. Regarding one of the quotes in the 'unsourced' section. This quote, and all those with similar uncited sources should be put under Unsourced until a respected biography is quoted that cites where it came from. To me, any quote that begins something like "As Galileo once said" just means that author has been too lazy to verify it. "All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered the point is to discover them." can be found in a large number of Google hits.īut the source "As quoted in Angels in the workplace : stories and inspirations for creating a new world of work (1999) by Melissa Giovagnoli" does not make it a valid quote by Galileo. And if there is, in fact, any true source remains unestablished. We can probably attribute incredible popularity of the quote to widespread animosity against the Catholic Church, prevalent in 18.th century, bound with efforts to create martyr-like figures from the Church’s past adversaries and victims.Quotes that are bandied around from one book to another, without any indication of a true primary source, can be commmon. If he was sane, Galileo wouldn’t even consider uttering “And yet it moves” right in front of the inquisition. If the Galileo really said these words, we can readily take for granted that it would ruin all his efforts to be proven innocent, and probably denounce him to life in prison. ![]() Galileo Galilei facing the Roman Inquisition(Cristiano Banti, 1857) “The moment Galileo was set free, he looked up to the sky and down to the ground, and, while stamping his foot, in a contemplative mood, he said, Eppur si muove, that is, and yet it moves, meaning the planet earth.“ However, there is a very high probability that he either imagined this event himself, or took it from other dubious sources. They are not mentioned in judiciary files from the trial, neither in Galileo’s own letters and other writings.įirst recorded mention of this famous quote being said by Galileo comes from more than 120 years later, from notoriously inaccurate work “ The Italian Librar y”, written by Giuseppe Baretti. According to available evidence, Galileo Galilei never said these notoriously famous words. ![]()
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