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Galileo: Life

Galileo: Life. Galileo: life - Part III. Galileo: Life. The Condemnation of 1616 Galileo while on a social visit to Rome, was called before Cardinal Bellarmine (Bellarmino) and, at the Pope’s instructions, was informed of the forthcoming . Galileo: Life.

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Galileo: Life

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  1. Galileo: Life • Galileo: life - Part III Galileo: life - part III - 1

  2. Galileo: Life • The Condemnation of 1616 • Galileo while on a social visit to Rome, was called before Cardinal Bellarmine (Bellarmino) and, at the Pope’s instructions, was informed of the forthcoming Galileo: life - part III - 2

  3. Galileo: Life • condemnation of Copernicanism & was ordered to no longer teach and defend the theory. • Galileo acquiesced to the order. Galileo: life - part III - 3

  4. Galileo: Life • Michael Sharratt observes that “it was the intervention of the Inquisition and the Index in 1616 that was at the root of the trouble [the later trial]. That was when it all went wrong. . . . “ (131). (Michael Sharratt. Galileo: Decisive Innovator Cambridge UP, 1994) Galileo: life - part III - 4

  5. Galileo: Life • The next day, the Congregation of the Index issued a public condemnation of the Copernican theory. • In 1623, Pope Gregory XV died; Matteo Barbarini elected new pope & took the name of Urban VIII. Galileo: life - part III - 5

  6. Galileo: Life • Galileo was acquainted with him through previous visits to Rome. In 1624, Galileo visited Urban VIII six times. Galileo: life - part III - 6

  7. Galileo: Life • In 1632, on the assumption that there was a new spirit of openness in Rome, Galileo published the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems--Ptolemaic and Copernican. Galileo: life - part III - 7

  8. Galileo: Life • Contains a strong defense of the Copernican theory, albeit disguised in the dialogue form. • Defends Copernicanism with “Galilean relativity.” • Proposes a version of the principle of inertia. Galileo: life - part III - 8

  9. Galileo: Life • Galileo miscalculated the mood in Rome. • In 1632, he was ordered to appear before the Roman Inquisition. • Trial began in early 1633. • To life, part IV Galileo: life - part III - 9

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