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Quote: Galileo's mathematical physics was an application of proportionality to accurate measurements

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science as measurement
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religion
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abstraction
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analytic truth
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history of science

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The key to Galileo's mathematical physics was his … possible by the means at Galileo's disposal. … [p. 39] Its counterpart in antiquity was not Plato's … all possible measurement. Measurement belongs to science, eternal …   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: measurement belongs to science while eternal truth belongs to faith; e.g., Ptolemy's astronomy vs. Plato's philosophy

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