Talk:Accademia dei Lincei
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This should be blended with the associated entries. (old unsigned comment)
Accademia dei Lincei
It was founded in 1603 by the young Prince Federico Cesi and his friends, Anastasio Di Filiis, Johannes Van Heeck, and Francesco Stelluti . It aimed at a radical renewal of scientific knowledge and it encouraged a vigorous critical approach to the dominant Aristotelian philosophy.
They chose the lynx as their emblem, to stress the importance of sharp and penetrating insight into nature. The Academy realized the revolutionary importance of the celestial discoveries that Galileo made with his new telescope in 1610. The Academy praised Galileo and elected him on December 25, 1611. The Academy defended Galileo in his controversies with leaders of the establishment and protected him when he was denounced to the ecclesiastical authorities. The Academy published at its own expense Galileo's Istoria e dimostrazione intorno alle macchie solari (see sunspots ) in 1613, and his Assayer in 1623.
The Academy did not survive the death of Prince Federico Cesi in 1630 and Galileo was left without influential help when his Dialogue concerning the Two Chief World Systems was attacked.
The Linceans produced an important collection of micrographs, or drawings made with the help of the newly invented microscope. After Cesi's death, the academy closed and the drawings were collected by Cassiano dal Pozzo, a Roman antiquarian, who sold them in 1763 to George III of the United Kingdom. The drawings were discovered in Windsor Castle in 1986 by art historian David Freedberg.
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Odd to see now that the article has been recently translated from the Italian Wikipedia. I translated from the official website directly, 18 September 2003. --Wetman 12:45, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Great if you will correct this. You can also create "See also" section.--Eleassar777 13:20, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- I've modified it to say that it "draws material from" our Italian article. I had translated the Italian article under a different title (Lincean Academy, I believe), then merged. The note comes from the other location. BTW, Wetman, you had no references section, so how was I to know what your sources were? -- Jmabel | Talk 19:39, Mar 11, 2005 (UTC)
Merge and Redirect
I merged the contents of this article into Lincean Academy. I realize that the headings dictated a merge in the other direction, but as this is the English wikipedia, it should really be merged under the English name rather than the Italian one. Indrian 04:59, Apr 23, 2005 (UTC)
- This was an error. --Wetman 14:51, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Probably both names are equally common in English. so I don't really care, but given that the previous proposal had been standing for some time without objection, it would have been nice either to do what had apparently been agreed upon, or to raise the issue on one of the two talk pages and give people 24 hours to respond. -- Jmabel | Talk 23:54, Apr 23, 2005 (UTC)
- Which is why I posted it on the talk page here. It would have been quite simple to change it the other way if there was strong disagreement. Your point is, however, well taken. I appreciate the assumption of good faith that you have shown as opposed to the virtual label of vandal being placed upon me by certain others in this thread. Seeing as Wetman has found my move rather egregious, though not egregious enough to undo on his own, I have changed it to reflect the proposal. Indrian 02:26, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
- I don't see an assumption of bad faith on Wetman's part. "…an error" means that he thinks you made a mistake, not that he thinks you were deliberately out to do damage. -- Jmabel | Talk 02:57, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
- I have no problem with that particular comment. His sarcastic remarks further down do seem to imply that I would randomly move pages around out of either malice or stupidity. Indrian 03:04, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
- I don't see an assumption of bad faith on Wetman's part. "…an error" means that he thinks you made a mistake, not that he thinks you were deliberately out to do damage. -- Jmabel | Talk 02:57, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
- Which is why I posted it on the talk page here. It would have been quite simple to change it the other way if there was strong disagreement. Your point is, however, well taken. I appreciate the assumption of good faith that you have shown as opposed to the virtual label of vandal being placed upon me by certain others in this thread. Seeing as Wetman has found my move rather egregious, though not egregious enough to undo on his own, I have changed it to reflect the proposal. Indrian 02:26, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
Well that's why we have pages on our Watchlists. I hope not to discover the Arch of Triumph on the Elysian Fields... --Wetman 23:59, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- And now I have changed it to go the other way. You could have done this yourself, of course, rather than directing what almost appeared to be thinly veiled personal attacks at me (I am assuming good faith that they were not, despite the apparent lack of good faith being shown towards me), but since that seems to be your only interest at the moment, I have corrected the "error," as you so delicately put it. Indrian 02:23, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)