Letter To The Grand Duchess Christina By Galileo Galilei

Determining the root to the problem between science and religion is a task that many try to explain. The contrasting viewpoints often contradict each other and sometimes validates an idea established. This area of conflict is most prevalent in the Scientific Revolution, where many began to get into the habit of questioning and understanding the human role within the world. With help from philosophers, mathematicians, and poets the shift from narrow to broad perception of the world began. At the turn of the seventeenth century, the location of the Earth and the Sun was often questioned. The idea that the Sun revolved around the Earth was challenged. With help from the Italian astronomer and philosopher Galileo Galilei, old views were argued as the one listed prior. Galilei thoughts on this idea, was that “the sun to be motionless in the center...while the earth revolves about the sun.” This perspective conflicted with many and had several unfavorable responses. To add on, Galilei’s outlook did not only take a part in the heliocentric model, his message reached multiple masses. Within his letter to the Grand Duchess Christina, Galilei hoped to clarify his reasons on relying mainly on science. The words of others had put a daunt on his message and his …show more content…
The objection by the mass has given him reasons to find ways to limit any statements hurtful to his reputation and discoveries. As he once explained, an opinion is free to anyone but without any proofs it can not be declared as the truth. This idea he often expresses does not only fall into the debate of science versus faith, but the journey to be heard by the mass. If it seems difficult to be approved, there is no wrong in trying to make it heard as it is common for people to not “consume oneself tirelessly in the most laborious disciplines” and change is one of those laborious