Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.


As quoted in Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo (1957) by Stillman Drake, p. 92

Galileo Galilei Quotes

Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.

Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.

Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.

Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.