Galileo Galilei:

I have written up many reasons and refutations on the subject, but I have not dared until now to bring them into the open, being warned by the fortunes of Copernicus himself, our master, who procured for himself immortal fame among a few but stepped down among the great crowd (for this is how foolish people are to be numbered), only to be derided and dishonoured. I would dare publish my thoughts if there were many like you; but since there are not, I shall forbear.

— Galileo Galilei Early Modern

Father of modern observational astronomy

Context

Letter to Johannes Kepler, expressing his hesitation to publish his heliocentric views due to fear of ridicule.

Date / Period

1597

Source

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Verification

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Explanation

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Method

Cross Reference

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