Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
Book description
Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, published in Florence in 1632, was the most proximate cause of his being brought to trial before the Inquisition. Using the dialogue form, a genre common in classical philosophical works, Galileo masterfully demonstrates the truth of the Copernican system over the Ptolemaic…
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1 author picked Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Anytime I get the chance to travel to and live amongst people whose lives are completely foreign to me, I take it. Most of us look at the state of the Hawaiian islands and wonder what it was before a marketing machine convinced the world it was one big vacation resort with no past and no independent culture.
Whether the novel is historically accurate seems beside the point to me. The point is, as always, to be forced to empathize even when it hurts.
From JD's list on exploring your inner darkness.
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