Aphorisms and quotes from Galileo Galilei. Aphorisms, quotes, sayings of Galileo Galilei Aphorisms, quotes, sayings of Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) - Italian physicist, mechanic and astronomer, one of the founders of natural science, poet, philologist and critic.

I think there is no greater hatred in the world than the hatred of the ignorant for knowledge.

To destroy the teachings of Copernicus it is not enough to shut someone up. It is also necessary to impose a ban on all astronomical science and prohibit anyone from looking at the sky.

Any truth is easy to understand if it has already been discovered; the main thing is to open it.

Doubt is the father of invention.

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect intended not to recommend their use to us, but to give us the knowledge that we are able to gain by them in some other way.

I have never met a person so ignorant that I could not learn anything from him.

A person cannot be taught anything; you can only help him find it in himself.

Aristotle taught me to satisfy my mind only with what reasoning convinces me of, and not just with the authority of a teacher.

Everyone can speak confusedly, but few can speak clearly.

In order to destroy the teachings of Copernicus, it is not enough to silence someone. It is also necessary to impose a ban on all astronomical science and, moreover, to prohibit anyone from looking at the sky!

Logic is a tool used in philosophy; and just as one can be an excellent master in constructing an instrument without knowing how to extract a single sound from it, so one can be a great logician without knowing how to use logic properly.

Ignorance is the mother of malice, envy, greed and all other low and gross vices, as well as sins.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Truly, just as he has no ears, so these eyes are closed to the light of truth... This kind of people thinks that philosophy is some kind of book, like the Aeneid or the Odyssey, but truth must be sought not in the world, not in nature, but in the comparison of texts.

A guide is needed in unknown and wild countries, but in an open and smooth place only a blind person needs a guide. And the blind man will do well if he stays at home. He who has eyes and intelligence must use them as guides. I am not saying that one should not listen to Aristotle, on the contrary, I praise those who peer into him and study him diligently. I only condemn the tendency to surrender so much to the power of Aristotle as to blindly subscribe to his every word.

Such is the power of truth: you try to refute it, but your very attacks elevate it and give it greater value.

Only with the death of dogma does science begin.

To require that men renounce their own judgments and submit to the judgments of others, and to appoint persons who are completely ignorant of science or art as judges over learned men, are such innovations as are capable of leading to ruin and destroying the state.

I prefer to find one truth, even in insignificant things, rather than argue for a long time about the greatest issues without achieving any truth.

Sayings, quotes and phrases of Galileo Galilei:

I prefer to find one truth, even in insignificant things, rather than argue for a long time about the greatest issues without achieving any truth.
Mathematics is the language in which God wrote the Universe.
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered, but the problem is that they are difficult to discover.
I don't have to believe that the same God endowed us with feelings, common sense, and reason - and yet demands that we give up the use of them.

What can we say to this?.. Shouldn't we admit that geometry is the most powerful means for refining our mental abilities and gives us the opportunity to think and reason correctly? Was Plato right in demanding that his students, first of all, have a thorough knowledge of mathematics?
The highest wisdom is to know yourself.
Holy Scripture can never lie or err. His statements are absolutely correct and intact. It itself cannot be mistaken, only its interpreters can be mistaken to varying degrees... Holy Scripture and nature, both proceed from the Divine Word, one as the command of the Holy Spirit, the other as the executor of God's commands.
Everyone can speak confusedly, but few can speak clearly.
Nature mocks the decisions and commands of princes, emperors and monarchs, and at their demands she would not change her laws one iota.
In order to destroy the teachings of Copernicus, it is not enough to silence someone. It is also necessary to impose a ban on all astronomical science and, moreover, to prohibit anyone from looking at the sky!
No saying has the same coercive power as any natural phenomenon.
Great quote from Galileo Galilei: And yet it turns!
Mathematics is the key and the door to all sciences.
Ignorance is the mother of malice, envy, greed and all other low and gross vices, as well as sins.
I adopted the Copernican point of view many years ago, and on the basis of it I was able to find an explanation for many natural phenomena that, without a doubt, cannot be explained on the basis of generally accepted principles. I have written down many proofs and many refutations of reasoning based on the opposite view; but I did not dare to publish all this, frightened by the fate of Copernicus, our teacher, who, although he earned himself immortal fame among a few, was subjected only to ridicule and booing from countless people, for the number of fools is so great.

It seems to me that logic teaches us to know whether conclusions have been drawn correctly from ready-made reasoning and evidence; but that she could teach us to find and construct such reasoning and evidence - I do not believe this.
Aristotle taught me to satisfy my mind only with what reasoning convinces me of, and not just with the authority of a teacher.
It must be admitted that an attempt to interpret natural problems without geometry is an attempt to do the impossible.
What is the power of truth: you try to refute it, but your very attacks elevate it and give it greater value.
There is no greater hatred in the world than the hatred of the ignorant for knowledge.
It is still undecided and I think human science will never decide whether the universe is finite or infinite?
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
In order to destroy the teachings of Copernicus, it is not enough to silence someone. It is also necessary to impose a ban on all astronomical science and, moreover, to prohibit anyone from looking at the sky!
The human mind is a creation of God, and one of the most excellent.
Everyone can speak confusedly, but few can speak clearly.
Philosophy is written in the greatest book that is always open before our eyes (I mean the Universe), but it cannot be understood without first learning to understand its language, and without studying the letters in which it is written. And it is written in a mathematical language, and its letters are triangles, arcs and other geometric figures, without which it is impossible to understand its words in a human way, without them there is a futile whirling in a dark labyrinth. (Saying on Philosophy)
You cannot teach a person anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
I don’t have to believe that the same God gave us feelings, common sense, and reason - and at the same time demands that we refuse to use them...
In the actions of nature the Lord God appears to us in a manner no less worthy of admiration than in the divine verses of Scripture.
I have never met a person so ignorant that I could not learn at least something from him.
- catchphrase, allegedly spoken in 1633 by Galileo after his formal renunciation of heliocentrism at the inquisition trial

The selection contains sayings, phrases and quotes from Galileo Galilei. Italian physicist, mechanic, astronomer, philosopher and mathematician, who had a significant influence on the science of his time.

Galileo Galilei(Galileo Galilei; 1564-1642) - Italian physicist, mathematician, mechanic, astronomer, philosopher, who had a significant influence on the science of his time.

Quotes

It must be admitted that an attempt to interpret natural problems without geometry is an attempt to do the impossible.

What can we say to this?.. Shouldn't we admit that geometry is the most powerful means for refining our mental abilities and gives us the opportunity to think and reason correctly? Was Plato right in demanding that his students, first of all, have a thorough knowledge of mathematics?

It seems to me that logic teaches us to know whether conclusions have been drawn correctly from ready-made reasoning and evidence; but that she could teach us to find and construct such reasoning and evidence - I do not believe this.

The human mind is a creation of God, and one of the most excellent.

In the actions of nature the Lord God appears to us in a manner no less worthy of admiration than in the divine verses of Scripture.

There is no greater hatred in the world than the hatred of the ignorant for knowledge.

What is the power of truth: you try to refute it, but your very attacks elevate it and give it greater value.

Everyone can speak confusedly, but few can speak clearly.

Holy Scripture can never lie or err. His statements are absolutely correct and intact. It itself cannot be mistaken, only its interpreters can be mistaken to varying degrees... Holy Scripture and nature, both proceed from the Divine Word, one as the command of the Holy Spirit, the other as the executor of God's commands.

I am not obliged to believe that the same God endowed us with feelings, common sense and reason - and at the same time demands that we refuse to use them...

Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564, an Italian philosopher, mathematician, physicist, mechanic and astronomer who had a significant influence on the science of his time. He died on January 8, 1642 in Arcetri, near Florence.

Aphorisms, quotes, sayings of Galileo Galilei

But still she spins!
Only with the death of dogma does science begin.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Everyone can speak confusedly, but few can speak clearly.
There is no greater hatred in the world than the hatred of the ignorant for knowledge.
Ignorance is the mother of malice, envy, greed and all other low and gross vices, as well as sins.
Such is the power of truth: you try to refute it, but your very attacks elevate it and give it greater value.
Aristotle taught me to satisfy my mind only with what reasoning convinces me of, and not just with the authority of a teacher.
I prefer to find one truth, even in insignificant things, rather than argue for a long time about the greatest issues without achieving any truth.
In order to destroy the teachings of Copernicus, it is not enough to silence someone. It is also necessary to impose a ban on all astronomical science and, moreover, to prohibit anyone from looking at the sky!
In the natural sciences... one must beware lest one come to the defense of the false, since thousands of Demosthenes and thousands of Aristotle's will be unsaddled by any ordinary mind that is fortunate enough to find the truth.
Truly, just as he has no ears, so these eyes are closed to the light of truth. This kind of people thinks that philosophy is some kind of book, like the Aeneid or the Odyssey, but truth must be sought not in the world, not in nature, but in the comparison of texts.
To require that men renounce their own judgments and submit to the judgments of others, and to appoint persons who are completely ignorant of science or art as judges over learned men, are such innovations as are capable of leading to ruin and destroying the state.
Philosophers fly, and fly only like eagles, but not at all like jackdaws. Eagles are extremely rare, few are seen, even less are heard, while birds flying in flocks fill the sky with piercing cries, make noise when they land, and shit on the ground beneath them.