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Colin Wilson wrote an interesting take on the contremps between Galileo and Urban VIII in his book 𝘈 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥. Neither side emerges with much credit. You might want to take a look.

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Jun 13, 2023
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Just so you'll know I'm not completely insensitive to the travails of Holy Mother Church:

A Short Journey Through Time - The Western Aesthetic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpexd9GA7RA

If you're not weeping uncontrollably by the end of this, you have no soul.

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