Galilei, Galileo
,
The systems of the world
,
1661
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With
all
I
conceived
it
very
proper
to
expreſs
theſe
conceits
by
way
of
Dialogue
,
which
,
as
not
being
bound
up
to
the
riggid
obſervance
of
Mathematical
Laws
,
gives
place
alſo
to
Digreſsions
that
are
ſometimes
no
leſs
curious
than
the
principal
Argument
.
I
chanced
to
be
ſeveral
years
ſince
,
at
ſeveral
times
,
in
the
Stupendious Citty
of
Venice,
where
I
converſed
with
Signore
Giovan Franceſco Sagredo
of
a
Noble
Extraction
,
and
piercing
wit
.
There
came
thither
from
Florence
at
the
ſame
time
Signore
Filippo Salviati,
whoſe
leaſt
glory
was
the
Emi
nence
of
his
Blood
,
and
Magnificence
of
his
Eſtate
:
a
ſublime
Wit
that
fed
not
more
hungerly
upon
any
pleaſure
than
on
elevated
Speculations
.
In
the
company
of
theſe
two
I
often
diſcourſed
of
theſe
matters
before
a
certain
Peripatetick
Philoſopher
who
ſeemed
to
have
no
geater
obſtacle
in
underſtand
ing
of
the
Truth
,
than
the
Fame
he
had
acquired
by
Ariſtotelical
Interpretations
.
Now
,
ſeeing
that
inexorable
Death
hath
deprived
Venice
and
Florence
of
thoſe
two
great
Lights
in
the
very
Meridian
of
their
years
,
I
did
reſolve
,
as
far
as
my
poor
ability
would
permit
,
to
perpetuate
their
lives
to
their
honour
in
theſe
leaves
,
bringing
them
in
as
Interlocutors
in
the
preſent
Controverſy
.
Nor
ſhall
the
Honest
Peripatetick
want
his
place
,
to
whom
for
his
exceſsive
affection
to
wards
the
Com
mentaries
of
Simplicius,
I
thought
fit
,
without
mentioning
his
own
Name
,
to
leave
that
of
the
Author
he
ſo
much
reſpected
.
Let
thoſe
two
great
Souls
,
ever
venerable
to
my
heart
,
pleaſe
to
accept
this
pu
blick
Monument
of
my
never
dying
Love
;
and
let
the
remembr ance
of
their
Eloquence
aſsiſt
me
in
delivering
to
Poſterity
the
Conſider
ations
that
I
have
promiſed
.
There
caſually
happened
(
as
was
uſuall)
ſeveral
diſcourſes
at
times
between
theſe
Gentlemen
,
the
which
had
rather
inflamed
than
ſatisfied
in
their
wits
the
thirſt
they
had
to
be
learning
;
whereupon
they
took
a
diſcreet
reſolution
to
meet
together
for
certain
dayes,
in
which
all
other
buſineſs
ſet
aſide
,
they
might
betake
themſelves
more
methodically
to
contemplate
the
Wonders
of
God
in
Heaven
,
and
in
the
Earth
:
the
place
appointed
for
their
meeting
being
in
the
Palace
of
the
Noble
Sagredo,
after
the
due
,
but
very
ſhort
complements
;
Signore
Salviati
began
in
this
manner
.
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