Saint Joan · Character
Galileo
Scientist mentioned in the preface for comparison.
minor
First appearance: the conflict between genius and discipline
Galileo shows up with force in The Modern Education Which Joan Escaped. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Galileo is mentioned as a martyr of science, whose persecutors are considered ignoramuses in modern education.
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In The Modern Education Which Joan Escaped: Galileo is mentioned as a martyr of science, whose persecutors are considered ignoramuses in modern education. Later, in The Church Uncompromised by Its Amends: Referenced as…
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- The Modern Education Which Joan Escaped
- The Church Uncompromised by Its Amends
- Catholicism Not Yet Catholic Enough
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