Then I guess the story about him being put under house arrest was not true? If he was, what were the beliefs of his jailers?
And still wouldn't matter, at that time the popular belief was that the sun rotated around the earth. Even if he was jailed by people who believed in pink unicorns, he STILL was facing that society with facts they did not want to face.
THE POINT IS that you don't progress by simply accepting whatever claim comes down the pike because it is a popular belief. It is the surest way to lead lemmings off of a cliff.
And still wouldn't matter, at that time the popular belief was that the sun rotated around the earth. Even if he was jailed by people who believed in pink unicorns, he STILL was facing that society with facts they did not want to face.
THE POINT IS that you don't progress by simply accepting whatever claim comes down the pike because it is a popular belief. It is the surest way to lead lemmings off of a cliff.