Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.
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As quoted in Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo (1957) by Stillman Drake, p. 92
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Variant translation: Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, because things came first, and their names subsequently.Galileo Galilei
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