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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.
-Galileo Galilei
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Names And Attributes Must Be Accommodated To

Galileo Galilei
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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