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Galileo Galilei Quotes about Education

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You cannot teach a person something he does not already know, you can only bring what he does know to his awareness.

You cannot teach a person something he does not already know, you can only bring what he does know to his awareness.

Galileo Galilei
Inspirational, Motivational, Education

The Universe is a grand book which cannot be read until one first learns to comprehend the language and become familiar with the characters in which it is composed. It is written in the language of mathematics.

Galileo Galilei
Education, Book, Character

We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.

Galileo Galilei
Education, Squares, Numbers
Galileo Galilei (2010). “Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences”, p.32, Cosimo, Inc.

And believe me, if I were again beginning my studies, I should follow the advice of Plato and start with the mathematical sciences, which proceed very cautiously and admit nothing as established until it has been rigorously demonstrated.

Galileo Galilei
Education, Plato, Math
"The Essential Galileo".

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