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Quotation from Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences (Second to Fourth Days) by Galileo Galilei
“Now, all these fantasies, and others too, ought to be examined; but it is not really worth while”
Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences (Second to Fourth Days), Third Day, Naturally Accelerated Motion, discussion of the definition, trans. Henry Crew and Alfonso de Salvio (1914)
After listing theories of the cause of acceleration, Salviati announces that the Author will only investigate and demonstrate its properties, whatever its cause.
Citation: "Now, all these fantasies, and others too, ought to be examined; but it is not really worth while" — Galileo Galilei, Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences (Second to Fourth Days), Third Day, Naturally Accelerated Motion, discussion of the definition, trans. Henry Crew and Alfonso de Salvio (1914). (id galileo-two-new-sciences-q5)
