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...CRIME OF GALILEO (338 pp.)-Georgia de Santillana-University of Chicago...
...called martyrs of thought, the image of Galileo recanting before the Italian Inquisition stirs the minds of educated modern men second only to the picture of Socrates drinking the hemlock. That image of Galileo is out of focus, in the view of M.I.T.'s Professor Georgio de Santillana, because it has been distorted by three centuries of rationalist prejudice and clerical polemics...
...refocus it clearly, within the logic of its own time, Author de Santillana has written The Crime of Galileo, a masterly intellectual whodunit which traces not the life but the mental footsteps of Galileo on his road to personal tragedy. Brilliant, but rarefied, the book will appeal especially to those who like to watch a drama of ideas played out against the baroque backdrop of 17th century Italian intrigue...
...studied and taught semantics, the psychology of language and literature, and the psychology of character. One of his major interests in the field of philosophy is the Dutch Jew, Benedict de Spinoza. Since Santayana was quite interested in him, and since he was born in the Spanish town of Santillana, close to Spionza's birthplace, Espinosa, Roback addressed an inquiry to Santayana. The philosophy replied as follows: Via Santo Stefano Rotondo, 6 Rome, November...
...Lecture Hall was filled again last night as the Harvard Law School Forum presented the second symposium of its five day series. Members of the four man panel were Henry Aiken, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Wassily Leontief, Professor of Economics, Pitirim Sorokiu, Professor of Sociology, and Professor George De Santillana...