People change over time, and so do their ideas. The “public” Galileo who published the Sidereus Nuncius (Starry Messenger) in 1609, Il Saggiatore (The Assayer) in 1623 and the Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo (Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
This is wonderful news. Because this means that when John Milton was in Florence in 1638, and was able to meet with Galileo, it was the Galileo of the ‘Discourses of the Two New Sciences’ that he met.
In his 'Areopagitica' , Milton wrote “There it was that I found and visited the famous Galileo grown old, a prisoner to the Inquisition, for thinking in Astronomy otherwise than the Franciscan and Dominican licencers thought”.
This is wonderful news. Because this means that when John Milton was in Florence in 1638, and was able to meet with Galileo, it was the Galileo of the ‘Discourses of the Two New Sciences’ that he met.
Thanks, Gerald. I never knew that Milton met Galileo.
In his 'Areopagitica' , Milton wrote “There it was that I found and visited the famous Galileo grown old, a prisoner to the Inquisition, for thinking in Astronomy otherwise than the Franciscan and Dominican licencers thought”.