To: PatrickHenry
Galileo really did recant. BFD. And he subsequently recanted his recantation: "Eppur si muove!" (and yet, it moves!) From his deathbed, no less!
;-)
579 posted on
01/25/2006 12:18:10 PM PST by
longshadow
(FReeper #405, entering his ninth year of ignoring nitwits, nutcases, and recycled newbies)
To: longshadow
" And he subsequently recanted his recantation: "Eppur si muove!" (and yet, it moves!) From his deathbed, no less!"
Lady Hope says she was there too, so it must be true. :)
583 posted on
01/25/2006 12:19:55 PM PST by
CarolinaGuitarman
("There is grandeur in this view of life...")
To: longshadow
And he subsequently recanted his recantationYou can't recant a recantation.
584 posted on
01/25/2006 12:22:24 PM PST by
PatrickHenry
(Virtual Ignore for trolls, lunatics, dotards, scolds, & incurable ignoramuses.)
To: longshadow
>"Eppur si muove!" (and yet, it moves!) From his deathbed, no less!
The utterance "Eppur si muove la terra!" was uttered upon leaving his audience with the then Pope, as I recall reading.
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