...'s time in England for their religious views. Also if Newton had insulted the King as Galileo did the Pope I doubt if his punishment would have been limited to house arrest. I would say that Tuscany and England were both relatively liberal at that time, as compared with almost everywhere else in Europe. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: ...

... Copernican explanation of the Universe? Would society have been destabilized by lack of faith in the Church and conventional social order? Galileo would not have been under house arrest... might have had more collaborations with others. His influence was not very diminished by the Inquisition... in my opinion.

... being hung for stealing a loaf of bread.  Galileo was imprisoned for a time, and humiliated. For a time, meaning the rest of his life. You say, house arrest isn't imprisonment? Hmm, tell that to anyone who's fighting the dictatorsthip in Cambodia. But anyway, he was never imprisoned in a dungeon or any formal prison; just, ...

... point (even if that was not what he meant to do). Unfortunately for Galileo, that man he had known since childhood was the pope, so Galileo was placed under house arrest in a luxurious papal palace. It was not what he said, but how he said it. How odd that Bruno got burnt at the stake. Galileo's troubles ...

... point (even if that was not what he meant to do). Unfortunately for Galileo, that man he had known since childhood was the pope, so Galileo was placed under house arrest in a luxurious papal palace. It was not what he said, but how he said it. How odd that Bruno got burnt at the stake. Galileo's ...

... (even if that was not what he meant to do). Unfortunately for Galileo, that man he had known since childhood was the pope, so Galileo was placed under house arrest in a luxurious papal palace. It was not what he said, but how he said it. How odd that Bruno got burnt at the stake. ...

... point (even if that was not what he meant to do). Unfortunately for Galileo, that man he had known since childhood was the pope, so Galileo was placed under house arrest in a luxurious papal palace. It was not what he said, but how he said it. How odd that Bruno got burnt at the stake. Galileo's troubles...

... point (even if that was not what he meant to do). Unfortunately for Galileo, that man he had known since childhood was the pope, so Galileo was placed under house arrest in a luxurious papal palace. It was not what he said, but how he said it. How odd that Bruno got burnt at the stake. Galileo's troubles was nearly ...

... advance point (even if that was not what he meant to do). Unfortunately for Galileo, that man he had known since childhood was the pope, so Galileo was placed under house arrest in a luxurious papal palace. It was not what he said, but how he said it. Galileo's troubles was nearly fifty years after the papacy started to sponsor ...

... even here in the US since 1975, no hmong could save vp from being arrested, degrading his reputation in particular and hmong in general. ... problems, it's important to talk about vp's policy mistakes since he, even though is still being in house arrest for his homeland political actions, still influences the hmong community to a certain extent. he is still effective simply ...