Despite his open and acute mind, and though he has at his fingertips the motions attributed to the earth, he has nevertheless lent his ear and his assent to the moon's dominion over the waters, to occult properties, and to such puerilities.
 Galileo Galilei, Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (1632). copy citation

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Author Galileo Galilei
Source Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
Topic openness moon occult
Date 1632
Language English
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Note Translated by Stillman Drake
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