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the italian scientist galileo found himself in trouble with the authorities of the catholic church. galileo believed in a new worldview. he explained to a friend, “i hold the sun to be situated motionless in the center of the revolution of the celestial bodies, while….earth rotates on its axis and revolves about the sun.” moreover, “nothing physical that sense-experiencing puts before our eyes…ought to be called in question (much less condemned) upon the testimony of the passages from the bible.”
the catholic church had a different view. in 1632, galileo, 68 years old and in ill health, was called before the dreaded inquisition in rome. he was kept waiting for two months before he was tried and found guilty of heresy and disobedience. the report of the inquisition said: “the view that the sun stands motionless at the center of the universe is foolish, philosophically false, and utterly heretical because contrary to holy scripture.
completely shattered by the experience, galileo recanted in 1633: “with a sincere heart, i curse and detest the said errors contrary to the holy church, and i swear that i will nevermore in [the] future say or assert anything that may give rise to a similar suspicion of me.” legend holds that when he left the trial room, galileo muttered to himself, “and yet it [earth] does move! ”

~ what are the forces in conflict in this selection? how is galileo an example of the shift in intellectual thinking during the renaissance?