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Father Christopher Clavius
Sagredo is a minor character who serves as a “canary in the coal mine” for Galileo. He does this by reminding the astronomer of the real-world consequences of his theories, which include, among other things, the possibility of being burned at stake. Sagredo is nevertheless an intellectually curious character who is willing to accept Galileo’s ideas with sufficient proof.
Sagredo Quotes in The Life of Galileo
The The Life of Galileo quotes below are all either spoken by Sagredo or refer to Sagredo. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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I'm telling you astronomy has stagnated for the last thousand years because they had no telescope.
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What you're seeing is the fact that there is no difference between heaven and earth. Today is 10 January 1610. Today mankind can write in its diary: Got rid of Heaven.
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[T]he horny-handed old woman who gives her mule an extra bundle of hay on the eve of a journey, the sea captain who allows for storms and doldrums when laying in stores, the child who puts on his cap once they have convinced
him that it may rain: these are the people I pin my hopes to, because they all accept proof. Yes, I believe in reason's gentle tyranny over people. Sooner or later they have to give in to it.
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Copernicus, don't forget, wanted them to believe his figures; but I only want them to believe their eyes.
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Sagredo Quotes in The Life of Galileo
The The Life of Galileo quotes below are all either spoken by Sagredo or refer to Sagredo. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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I'm telling you astronomy has stagnated for the last thousand years because they had no telescope.
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What you're seeing is the fact that there is no difference between heaven and earth. Today is 10 January 1610. Today mankind can write in its diary: Got rid of Heaven.
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[T]he horny-handed old woman who gives her mule an extra bundle of hay on the eve of a journey, the sea captain who allows for storms and doldrums when laying in stores, the child who puts on his cap once they have convinced
him that it may rain: these are the people I pin my hopes to, because they all accept proof. Yes, I believe in reason's gentle tyranny over people. Sooner or later they have to give in to it.
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Copernicus, don't forget, wanted them to believe his figures; but I only want them to believe their eyes.
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