Chapter 128 Galileo's Triumph

Galileo's Triumph According to ancient Chinese legends, Cangjie created characters, and a group of ghosts cried at night, so that human beings would have characters if they had characters. As a tool to determine the secrets of good fortune and to distinguish between light and darkness, ghosts feel that they will be unable to hide from now on, unable to escape Caused trouble, so desperate that Jiujiu cried at night.There is a similar legend in the West: the German religious reformer Martin Luther interpreted the Bible behind closed doors, elaborating new doctrines, not only for those stubborn and old-fashioned church members

Against him, even the devil felt that once Luther's move was completed, it would not be able to survive, so in Luther's translation When the above work is about to be completed, use various methods to hinder him.Luther picked up the lead inkpot on the table Come and throw it at the devil, dripping with ink, which scares it away.Since then, it is said that ghosts saw ink and wrote Words and other tools are afraid, because they know that such things can attack them at any time. This is not only the case with ghosts, if there is a method in the world that can completely destroy human writing and make people recover

Go to the state of ignorance, I don't know how many rulers, religionists and moralists, are willing to try.It's a pity that no one has invented such a method so far, and the world is in war and peace. In the alternation of human beings, they are still walking toward the light day by day, and human civilization is still getting more and more advanced year by year. progress.Therefore, since there is no positive way to eliminate human wisdom, we have to start from the negative side. This is why, since the Middle Ages, the censorship of books has been regarded by many people as the only weapon, as if

If this system is abolished, it will be like sleeping and eating.As far as part of the banned books is concerned, we only need to read Take a look at the "Index of Prohibited Books" published by the Vatican in Rome in the Middle Ages. The titles and authors of the books recorded in it The author's name, in today's view, is simply a very complete reference bibliography of medieval cultural history. Many things that are considered to be classical masterpieces today were judged as "heretics" by the Holy Court at that time. Said, "If it is burned and banned, even the author will be tortured to extract a confession. If you want to survive and save yourself

If they want to kill themselves, they have to slap their mouths in public and revoke the theories or opinions they have announced.Galileo's Stories are a prime example. Galileo was the proponent of Copernicus' new astronomical theory at that time, advocating that the sun is the center of the universe, The earth itself is not only a moving object, but also revolves around the sun while rotating on its own axis.this claim It seems nothing new to us today, but in the early seventeenth century it was astronomy revolutionary claims.Because at that time the Holy See believed that the earth was the center of the universe and it was stationary.

The sun just revolves around the earth.It is God who rules the universe and everything, and the Holy See is the representative of God. On the Earth, the motionless center of the universe, ruled the world.Copernicus' new theory of astronomy can be said It completely overthrew the celestial system theory that the church has always advocated, which is nothing more than a challenge to the rulership of the Holy See. This is a rebellious claim that the Vatican considers intolerable.On the official announcement of Copernicus' new astronomical Doctrine as "heretics", his works included in the "Forbidden Book Index", while accusing Galileo of scattered

Bucopernicus was suspected of heresy, and he was ordered to appear before the Roman Inquisition for interrogation. Then he will be arrested. According to British Bligh's "History of Freedom of Thought", Galileo was already seventy years old at this time, old and sick, In front of ten cardinals, he was interrogated many times, and finally he was threatened by torture, forcing him to die. You must give up your claims, admit that Copernicus' theory is heresy, and admit that the earth is stationary, Then let him go back.Bly said that facing such a court, if a person does not want to be himself

There is only one way for the "martyrs" to go, and that is to endure humiliation and overthrow their own claims.Aging Galileo, he humiliatingly took the latter path.So under the public religious ceremony, kneeling before the gods In front of him, he slapped his mouth, admitted the error of his own theory, and revoked the proponent of Copernican astronomy theory. open. It is said that Galileo knelt there to overthrow his claim, after admitting that "the earth is immovable", Wei Dian Dian stood up, and said quietly to himself: "Although I withdraw my claim, But it still moves! "

Regarding these two sentences of Galileo, some research scholars believe that they are false rumors by those who do nothing.but no matter Whether it is true or not, it is the same, because the earth is still moving.And then stubborn The stubborn Vatican finally had to delete Goperth from the new edition of the Index of Prohibited Books in 1835. Ni's name, acknowledging Galileo's claim.