Retrying Galileo, 1633-1992¶
Finocchiaro. (2005). Retrying Galileo, 1633-1992. University of California Press.
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- Ad Baculum (Appeal to Force)
- But the threat bore on his willingness to assent, not on the truth of heliocentrism, and legend has him muttering afterward "and yet it moves" (eppur si muove) — almost certainly apocryphal
This sourceFinocchiaro's study of the affair's reception, which quotes the "Eppur si muove" tradition attributed to Galileo after his abjuration.
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“with his foot, in a contemplative mood, said, {{{Eppur si muove}}}; that is, stl 7t moves, meaning the earth.””
- But the threat bore on his willingness to assent, not on the truth of heliocentrism, and legend has him muttering afterward "and yet it moves" (eppur si muove) — almost certainly apocryphal
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