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There were, on the other hand, opponents who reason could not reach, and those were the men Galileo believed to be "hostile not so much toward the things in question as toward their discoverer" (pg 1). The motive of these particular men was unclear, other than that their motives were personal and passionate, and "quite different from the sacred intention of the holy Church," (pg 3) which is to speak truth for the salvation of souls. For whatever reason, these men who condemned Galileo, condemned his book, and pronounced him a heretic, did so without having read his book or listened to the statements or arguments he made, and these same men used to their advantage "passages taken from places in the Bible which they had failed to understand properly" (pg 1).
Concerned by the threat of opponents such as these, Galileo was hesitant to make his discoveries public,...
Kepler concluded that Galileo's findings were essentially common knowledge after Copernicus and other distinguished mathematicians obtained the same results in their studies and that therefore, in the end, Galileo's discovery would have to be proven true. Kepler was right in his encouragement, and Galileo in his eventual following through with Kepler's advice; if scientists never presented their findings for fear of opposition or condemnation, scientific discovery would be slow to develop, and man would be far behind in science when he could be much farther along. In the end, the truth about the earth's revolving around the sun did become indisputable, but it was not without Galileo's help that this fact was received. Without Galileo's push, it would have taken much longer for man to accept this fact as true and move on…
In this way, scientific investigations that attempt to explain such things as the movement of the planets and the stars are truly a service to religions; they attempt to provide a clearer understanding of God's wonder through his Creation. With the study of the heavens, in particular, Galileo asserts that he is attempting to learn more about what Bible refers to as the place of man's salvation, and what
Galileo Place of Birth and Brief overview of family life and upbringing Galileo Galilei's father was Vincenzo Galilei while his mother was called Guilia Ammannati. Vincenzo was born in 1520 in Florence. He was a teacher of music and fine art enthusiast. He was a refined flute player (O'Connor & Robertson, 2002). While he was studying music in Venice, Vincenzo carried out a string of experiments to support his musical theories. Galileo's
Galileo and Religion From a theological perspective, it matters not at all whether the earth moves around the sun or vice versa, since the Bible hardly deals with any of these scientific questions at all. Galileo was correct that the purpose of the Bible was to teach certain religious and spiritual truths, not to provide scientific information on chemistry, physics or biology. Even if its authors had been aware of these
Indeed, we can see here his own initial wonderment and the very simple excitement that he felt upon making a series of discoveries that, aside from being exciting, were clearly of exceptional and lasting scientific significance and would certainly earn Galileo a reputation as one of the most important astronomical observers of his time if not in all of history. However, we can also see how this initial awe
Galileo Product Idea Description Most technical innovations in any field have been combinations or amalgams of software and hardware applications that were never meant to be used together. However, they have nevertheless come into existence because someone decided to marry up these unimagined elements in combination with each other. To midwife these projects to full fruition, startup money is needed. As usual, the military is the usual maternity ward for such applications and
However, five months after the book was published, Galileo was ordered to Rome to appear before the Inquisition. In reviewing Galileo's old file, the Inquisition had uncovered the memorandum of 1616, that ordered Galileo to never teach the Copernican system ever again. This discovery made it appear that Galileo had concealed the information from the Pope, when he obtained permission to write his book, and in the process, his old friend