Who Would Dare Assert That We Know

Philosophy Itself Cannot But Benefit From Our Disputes, For If Our Conceptions Prove True, New Achievements Will Be Made; If False, Their Refutation Will Further Confirm The Original Doctrines.

To Excite In Us Tastes, Odors, And Sounds I Believe That Nothing Is Required In External Bodies Except Shapes, Numbers, And Slow Or Rapid Movements. ... If Ears, Tongues, And Noses Were Removed, Shapes And Numbers And Motions Would Remain, But Not Odors Or Tastes Or Sounds.

The Prohibition Of Science Would Be Contrary To The Bible, Which In Hundreds Of Places Teaches Us How The Greatness And The Glory Of God Shine Forth Marvelously In All His Works, And Is To Be Read Above All In The Open Book Of The Heavens.

All Truths Are Easy To Understand Once They Are Discovered; The Point Is To Discover Them.

Take Note, Theologians, That In Your Desire To Make Matters Of Faith Out Of Propositions Relating To The Fixity Of Sun And Earth You Run The Risk Of Eventually Having To Condemn As Heretics Those Who Would Declare The Earth To Stand Still And The Sun To Change Position-eventually, I Say, At Such A Time As It Might Be Physically Or Logically Proved That The Earth Moves And The Sun Stands Still.