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Quotation from Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences (Second to Fourth Days) by Galileo Galilei
“Yes, I am willing to concede him priority in point of time; but as regards rigor of demonstration the first place must be given to Archimedes”
Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences (Second to Fourth Days), Second Day, opening discussion of the lever, trans. Henry Crew and Alfonso de Salvio (1914)
Simplicio credits Aristotle's Mechanics with the law of the lever; Salviati grants Aristotle the earlier date but names Archimedes the true master of demonstration.
Citation: "Yes, I am willing to concede him priority in point of time; but as regards rigor of demonstration the first place must be given to Archimedes" — Galileo Galilei, Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences (Second to Fourth Days), Second Day, opening discussion of the lever, trans. Henry Crew and Alfonso de Salvio (1914). (id galileo-two-new-sciences-q1)
