Galileo's thought and its relationship with philosophy and ancient science.
In a letter dated January 2, 1638, four years before the date of his death (January 8, 1642) Galileo Galilei - the great investigator of nature and founder of modern science, whose third centenary we celebrate in this year 1942 - communicated to his friend Elia Diodati the unfortunate news of his co...
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I10-R10-article-107942023-07-06T23:21:24Z Galileo's thought and its relationship with philosophy and ancient science. El pensamiento de Galileo y sus relaciones con la filosofía y la ciencia antigua Mandolfo, Rodolfo Observación Demostración Método experimental Observation Demonstration Experimental method In a letter dated January 2, 1638, four years before the date of his death (January 8, 1642) Galileo Galilei - the great investigator of nature and founder of modern science, whose third centenary we celebrate in this year 1942 - communicated to his friend Elia Diodati the unfortunate news of his complete blindness, which would prevent him from any further realization of his admirable inquiries and observations of natural facts. ''Galileo, your friend, has become completely blind, so that that heaven, that world, that universe which I by my marvelous observations and clear demonstrations had enlarged by a hundred and a thousand times more than commonly believed, is now diminished and restricted for me to the point of reaching nothing but my person''. The glory that the old contemplator of the sky, now rendered impotent, attributed to himself was neither vain boasting nor senile satisfaction, as Henry Martin (2) considered it in his book on Galileo, but a firm awareness of the significance and transcendence of his celestial discoveries. En una carta del 2 de enero de 1638, anterior en cuatro años a la fecha de su muerte (8 de enero de 1642) Galileo Galilei -el gran investigador de la naturaleza e instaurador de la ciencia moderna, cuyo tercer centenario celebramos en este año 1942 comunicaba a su amigo Elia Diodati la lamentable noticia de su ceguera completa, que debía desde entonces impedirle toda realización ulterior de sus admirables indagaciones y observaciones de los hechos naturales. ''Galileo, vuestro amigo, se ha vuelto ciego por completo, de manera que aquel cielo, aquel mundo, aquel universo que yo mediante mis observaciones maravillosas y claras demostraciones había ampliado por cien y mil veces más de lo comúnmente creído, se ha disminuido ahora y restringido para mí hasta el punto de no alcanzar nada más que mi persona''. La gloria que el viejo contemplador del cielo, ahora vuelto impotente, se atribuía a sí mismo no era vana jactancia ni tampoco satisfacción senil, como en su libro sobre Galileo la consideró Henry Martín (2), sino firme conciencia de la significación y trascendencia de sus descubrimientos celestes. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba 2022-06-07 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/REUNC/article/view/10794 Revista de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Núm. 9/10 (30): Noviembre y Diciembre de 1943; 1247-1268 0370-7687 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/REUNC/article/view/10794/11393 Derechos de autor 2015 Rodolfo Mandolfo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
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In a letter dated January 2, 1638, four years before the date of his death (January 8, 1642) Galileo Galilei - the great investigator of nature and founder of modern science, whose third centenary we celebrate in this year 1942 - communicated to his friend Elia Diodati the unfortunate news of his complete blindness, which would prevent him from any further realization of his admirable inquiries and observations of natural facts. ''Galileo, your friend, has become completely blind, so that that heaven, that world, that universe which I by my marvelous observations and clear demonstrations had enlarged by a hundred and a thousand times more than commonly believed, is now diminished and restricted for me to the point of reaching nothing but my person''. The glory that the old contemplator of the sky, now rendered impotent, attributed to himself was neither vain boasting nor senile satisfaction, as Henry Martin (2) considered it in his book on Galileo, but a firm awareness of the significance and transcendence of his celestial discoveries. |
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