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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.
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.
Approximate author period: c. 1603 AD · renaissance
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- Galileo Galilei
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- Approximate author period: c. 1603 AD · renaissance
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Galileo Galilei, based on documented lifetime 1564 to 1642. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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