Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian polymath: astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician.
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 Galilei
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.
There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly. Galileo Galilei
There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.
Holy Scripture could never lie or err...its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth. Galileo Galilei
Holy Scripture could never lie or err...its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
Two truths cannot contradict one another. Galileo Galilei
Two truths cannot contradict one another.
Nature is written in mathematical language. Galileo Galilei
Nature is written in mathematical language.
Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or not. Galileo Galilei
Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or not.
Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom. Galileo Galilei
Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement 'I do not know'. Galileo Galilei
To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement 'I do not know'.
Where the senses fail us, reason must step in. Galileo Galilei
Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe. Galileo Galilei
Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe.
Nature...does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few. Galileo Galilei
Nature...does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few.
To understand the Universe, you must understand the language in which it's written, the language of Mathematics. Galileo Galilei
To understand the Universe, you must understand the language in which it's written, the language of Mathematics.