October 1632

Notification of Summons.

I have been summoned to Rome by the Inquisitor in Florence. While I cannot denounce what I believe, I fear for my life.


"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended to forgo their use...He would not require us to deny sense and reason in physical matters which are set before our eyes and minds by direct experience or necessary demonstrations." Galileo Galilei