Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at rest in the middle… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
Moreover, since the sun remains stationary, whatever appears as a motion of the sun is really due rather to the motion of… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
We are taught all this [the motion of the earth on its axis and around the sun] by the order of succession,… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
The earth also is spherical, since it presses upon its center from every direction. — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
For when a ship is floating calmly along, the sailors see its motion mirrored in everything outside, while on the other hand… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
We regard it as a certainty that the earth, enclosed between poles, is bounded by a spherical surface. — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
Yet if anyone believes that the earth rotates, surely he will hold that its motion is natural, not violent. — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
Therefore, having obtained the opportunity from these sources, I too began to consider the mobility of the earth. — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
In so many and such important ways, then, do the planets bear witness to the earth's mobility. — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
Pouring forth its seas everywhere, then, the ocean envelops the earth and fills its deeper chasms. — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the size of the heavens. — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
Accordingly, since nothing prevents the earth from moving, I suggest that we should now consider also whether several motions suit it, so… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
In the center of all rests the sun. For who would place this lamp of a very beautiful temple in another or better place… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
Hence I feel no shame in asserting that this whole region engirdled by the moon, and the center of the earth, traverse this grand… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at rest in the middle of the… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
The two revolutions, I mean the annual revolutions of the declination and of the centre of the Earth, are not completely equal; that is… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
The Universe has been wrought for us by a supremely good and orderly Creator — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
If there should chance to be any mathematicians who, ignorant in mathematics yet pretending to skill in that science, should dare, upon the authority… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
Although all the good arts serve to draw man's mind away from vices and lead it toward better things, this function can be more… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them. — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
In the first book I shall describe all the positions of the spheres, along with the motions which I attribute to the Earth, so… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
Among the authorities it is generally agreed that the Earth is at rest in the middle of the universe, and they regard it as… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
I therefore took this opportunity and also began to consider the possibility that the Earth moved. Although it seemed an absurd opinion, nevertheless, because… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
