Galileo Galilei Quote

SIMPLICO: Indeed, I begin to understand that while logic is an excellent guide in discourse, it does not, as regards stimulation to discovery, compare with the power of sharp distinction which belongs to geometry.


In: Great Books of the Western World (Volume 28), Dialogues Concerning the Two New Sciences, Second Day (p. 190)


SIMPLICO: Indeed, I begin to understand that while logic is an excellent guide in discourse, it does not, as regards stimulation to discovery,...

SIMPLICO: Indeed, I begin to understand that while logic is an excellent guide in discourse, it does not, as regards stimulation to discovery,...

SIMPLICO: Indeed, I begin to understand that while logic is an excellent guide in discourse, it does not, as regards stimulation to discovery,...

SIMPLICO: Indeed, I begin to understand that while logic is an excellent guide in discourse, it does not, as regards stimulation to discovery,...