GALILEO GALILEI
(born 460 years ago / died 382 years ago) is according to Wikipedia the father of astronomy, physics, and modern science.
A catholic word-user himself, Galileo’s work nevertheless angered his catholicist chiefs, the word-masters.
That was enough for the catholic inquisition instituted by the word-masters to decide Galileo’s work contradicted the only book they claimed to be reading — a book of more stories than you’re able to remember, also known as Bible.
So 409 years ago, Galileo was declared “vehemently suspect of heresy”, forced to recant and spend the rest of his 27 years under house arrest.
What cantare — to chant, to sing — has got to do with recant, only the grammarians know.
It will remain their secret for longer than the word-users will ever know.
Back to Galilei.
How does his story end?
I don’t know (I wasn’t around when Galileo was) but making more sense than his catholicist chiefs ever will, Galileo defended his use of his common senses with:
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“I do not feel obliged to believe the same God that has endowed us with senses, has intended us to forgo their use.”
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Today in Thailand (and probably in many other countries) making a negative remark about a member of the royal family can send you to prison for months, even for years. And this has nothing to do with religion
Marie-Claire, if I wanted to make everyone happy, I’d be selling ice cream. I don’t make choices, I make decisions, hence why I write about what makes me happy — how it all began, the story of words. You know more about what has nothing to do with religion, royals, and Thailand than I know about how it all began. Have you ever considered writing about what has nothing to do with religion?