By Denying Scientific Principles, One May Maintain

The Divine Intellect Indeed Knows Infinitely More Propositions [than We Can Ever Know]. But With Regard To Those Few Which The Human Intellect Does Understand, I Believe That Its Knowledge Equals The Divine In Objective Certainty.

Nonetheless, It Moves.

Among The Great Men Who Have Philosophized About [the Action Of The Tides], The One Who Surprised Me Most Is Kepler. He Was A Person Of Independent Genius, [but He] Became Interested In The Action Of The Moon On The Water, And In Other Occult Phenomena, And Similar Childishness.

But Let Us Remember That We Are Dealing With Infinities And Indivisibles Both Of Which Transcend Our Finite Understanding, The Former On Account Of Their Magnitude, The Latter Because Of Their Smallness.

The Deeper I Go In Considering The Vanities Of Popular Reasoning, The Lighter And More Foolish I Find Them. What Greater Stupidity Can Be Imagined Than That Of Calling Jewels, Silver, And Gold "precious," And Earth And Soil "base"?