The attitude of the Church was not as dogmatic as is often assumed. Interpretations of Bible passages had been revised in the light of scientific research before. Everyone regarded the earth as spherical and as freely floating in space though the Bible tells a different story.
Paul FeyerabendExperience arises together with theoretical assumptions not before them, and an experience without theory is just as incomprehensible as is (allegedly) a theory without experience.
Paul FeyerabendI do not see why I should be polite to tyrants, who slobber of humanitarianism and think only of their own petty interests.
Paul Feyerabend