CHRTC350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ptolemy, Antireligion, Firmament
25 Feb 2020
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Religious beliefs of galileo: key thoughts s2, the scientific issue in the galileo affair was not about a flat earth! S3 anti-religious individuals in 19 century concocted that myth th. All educated people in the 17 century accepted the earth was spherical th. Earth at the centre of universe old science of the scientific community. Sun at centre of universe new science of galileo: galileo had a peaceful relationship between science & religion s5. Metaphysics-physics principle & message-incident principle his hermeneutics were remarkable & better than the theologians of the church! Incidental ancient science in scripture: the re-cycle thesis s6. The two views of astronomy in galileo"s day s7. 1 proposed by ancient greeks (about 550 bc/e) st further developed claudius ptolemy (100-170 ad/ce) became the dominant astronomy for 1400 years. C spherical multiple spheres with each having a planet last sphere is called the firmament & it has the fixed stars attached to it.
