Galileo Reading Qohelet: Seeing the World with “Curiosity’s Eye”
This essay examines Galileo’s reading of Ecclesiastes 3:11, which he cited in his letter to the Grand Duchess Christina in 1615 at the beginning of his trial for heresy. Why would Galileo have used this text in support of his intellectual inquiry? Three critical components of his intellectual enviro...
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| 格式: | 電子 Article |
| 語言: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Biblical interpretation
Year: 2021, 卷: 29, 發布: 3, Pages: 332-357 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bibel. Kohelet 3,11
/ Galilei, Galileo 1564-1642
/ 研究
/ 好奇
/ 文化
/ 想像力
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history |
| Further subjects: | B
scientific inquiry
B Curiosity B 想像力 B Ecclesiastes 3:11 B Qohelet B Galileo |
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| 總結: | This essay examines Galileo’s reading of Ecclesiastes 3:11, which he cited in his letter to the Grand Duchess Christina in 1615 at the beginning of his trial for heresy. Why would Galileo have used this text in support of his intellectual inquiry? Three critical components of his intellectual environment are explored: 1) the development of scientific inquiry within the 17th c system of patronage; 2) the culture of curiosity that sustains his intellectual inquiry; and 3) the telescope and the transformation of human imagination. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5152 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical interpretation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685152-00284P24 |