Status Updates From Descartes: A Biography

Confusing fear of censure with religious faith - Τι καλά που περνάμε στο στρουμφοχωριό! Όταν πασχίζεις με πενιχρά μέσα να διατυπώσεις επιστημονικές θεωρίες κι έχεις από πάνω έναν Ιεροεξεταστή να σου λέει "Σκάσε μωρή ηλιοκεντρικιά" 🤐😂🤪

Έτος 1633: I had planned to send you my World (σσ. βιβλίο) as a New Year’s gift. But I should tell you that, having inquired recently in Leiden and Amsterdam whether Galileo’s System of the World [i.e., Dialogue] was available, since I thought I had heard that it was published in Italy last year, I was told that it had been published but that all the copies were immediately burned in Rome and that he had been fined.