Ferdinand Magellan citáty
Ferdinand Magellan
Datum narození: 17. říjen 1480
Datum úmrtí: 27. duben 1521
Fernão de Magalhães byl portugalský mořeplavec, který sloužil španělské koruně.
Citáty Ferdinand Magellan
„Je důležité plout, není důležité žít.“
Originál: (la) Navigare necese est, vivere non necese.
„The Church says that the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round. For I have seen the shadow of the earth on the moon and I have more faith in the Shadow than in the Church.“
This quotation is often found on the internet attributed to Magellan, but never with a source, and no English occurrence prior to its use by Robert Green Ingersoll in his essay "Individuality" http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/robert_ingersoll/individuality.html (1873) has been located. Thus, it it most likely spurious. In that essay Ingersoll states:
It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions, — some one who had the grandeur to say his say. I believe it was Magellan who said, "The church says the earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence even in a shadow than in the church." On the prow of his ship were disobedience, defiance, scorn, and success.
Disputed
