| A. Elley Finch - 1872 - 140 sivua
...hear the Professor of Philosophy at Padua labouring before the Grand Duke with logical arguments, as with magical incantations, to charm the new planets out of the sky.' ! Kepler himself, speaking in extravagant ecstasy of his celebrated work, ' Harmonice Mundi ' (in which... | |
| Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick - 1869 - 518 sivua
...this glorious folly ! And, too, the professor of philosophy at Pisa, laboring before the grand duke with logical arguments, as if with magical incantations, to charm the new planets oat of the sky.' From all quarters of the earth, indeed, as well as from Pisa and Padua, the peripatetics... | |
| Edward John Chalmers Morton - 1882 - 372 sivua
...this glorious folly ! and to hear the Professor of Philosophy at Pisa labouring before the grand-duke with logical arguments, as if with magical incantations to charm the new planets out of the sky." Galileo's observations on the moon showed him that her surface was rough and crossed by hills and valleys,... | |
| Charles Tomlinson - 1887 - 204 sivua
...should we not have at this glorious folly ! Here is a learned professor labouring before the Grand Duke with logical arguments, as if with magical incantations to charm the new planets out of the skies." Another professor, Sizzi of Florence, maintained that as there are seven apertures in the head... | |
| Florian Cajori - 1899 - 342 sivua
...this glorious folly ! And to hear the professor of philosophy at Pisa labouring before the Grand Duke with logical arguments, as if with magical incantations to charm the new planets out of the sky." l The antagonism to Galileo and his hated telescope became stronger. The clergy began to denounce him... | |
| Florian Cajori - 1899 - 344 sivua
...this glorious folly ! And to hear the professor of philosophy at Pisa labouring before the Grand Duke with logical arguments, as if with magical incantations to charm the new planets out of the sky."1 The antagonism to Galileo and his hated telescope became stronger. The clergy began to denounce... | |
| Paul Carus - 1900 - 720 sivua
...the pro1 ' fessor of philosophy at Pisa laboring before the Grand Duke with logical argu' ' ments, as if with magical incantations to charm the new planets out of the sky.' "The antagonism to Galileo and his hated telescope became stronger. The clergy "began to denounce him... | |
| 1846 - 662 sivua
...glorious folly ! and to hear the Professor of Philosophy at Pisa labouring before the Grand Duke with arguments, as if with magical incantations to charm the new planets out of the sky ! " Again, when he turned his telescope to the moon, and discovered that it, so far from being smooth... | |
| Ivor Blashka Hart - 1924 - 330 sivua
...this glorious folly. And to hear the professor of philosophy at Pisa labouring before the grand duke with logical arguments, as if with magical incantations, to charm the new planets out of the sky.' One further instance may be quoted. Galileo examined the surface of the sun, and saw spots. Heinous... | |
| Edwin Arthur Burtt - 1925 - 382 sivua
...this glorious folly ! And to hear the professor of philosophy at Pisa labouring before the Grand Duke with logical arguments, as if with magical incantations, to charm the new planets out of the sky."20 Galileo could hardly have become the doughty figure in the overthrow of Aristotelianism that... | |
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