Galileo Galilei Analysis

Galileo Galilei: Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina of Tuscany, 1615 Analysis In paragraph D, Galileo explains how he has discovered the truth that the Sun is motionless in the center of the universe and that Earth revolves around it. He then states that he supports his theory and disagrees with the beliefs of Ptolemy and Aristotle, but can prove with many counter arguments why his beliefs about his discovery are correct. He finishes the paragraph by noting that people like Ptolemy and Aristotle will flat out disagree with his new found theory of the solar system because it is not the popular belief or the “common” knowledge and they will hold on to their beliefs that are based on fabricated and falsely interpreted facts from the bible. He also says that they will never give him a chance to explain his beliefs and they will disapprove of his findings without ever even listening to what they are. In paragraph F he gives an example of Nicholas Copernicus, who just like him, was disappointed by people who rejected his theories without even hearing them out. He uses Copernicus as an example to show that even Copernicus, who was not only a Catholic; but a Preist, even thought and saw that the world was closed minded and being brain washed to take the bible and interpret it to the most literal extent that no new,
He states “They go about invoking the Bible, which they would have minister to their deceitful purposes.” Meaning, that they are using the bible to help support their wrongful motives. Then he finishes the paragraph by saying, the verses they use in their defense are being taken in the literal sense and if they really knew what the meaning was behind the words, they would have a different understanding what the verse actually meant and that this misunderstanding of scripture is causing an abandonment of reason in favor of biblical