21 December 1613Letter to Benedetto CastelliGalileo Galilei
Galileo writes to Benedetto Castelli arguing that scriptural interpretation should not override demonstrated conclusions about the natural world.
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Galileo writes to Benedetto Castelli arguing that scriptural interpretation should not override demonstrated conclusions about the natural world.
Captured from Spain but is forced to relinquish it in 1617
Published in "letters on the solar spots". For Galileo, the tides were caused by the sloshing back and forth of water in the seas as a point on the Earths surface speeded up and slowed down because of the Earths rotation on its axis and revolution around the Sun. Attempts to show there is scriptural support for his beliefs but condemned by the Pope
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