Nicolaus Copernicus Quotes

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• I therefore took this opportunity and also began to consider the possibility that the Earth moved. Although it seemed an absurd opinion, nevertheless, because I…
• To know the mighty works of God, to comprehend His wisdom and majesty and power; to appreciate, in degree, the wonderful workings of His laws,…
• Among the authorities it is generally agreed that the Earth is at rest in the middle of the universe, and they regard it as inconceivable…
• In the first book I shall describe all the positions of the spheres, along with the motions which I attribute to the Earth, so that…
• Since, then, there is no objection to the mobility of the Earth, I think it must now be considered whether several motions are appropriate for…
• The two revolutions, I mean the annual revolutions of the declination and of the centre of the Earth, are not completely equal; that is the…
• The strongest affection and utmost zeal should, I think, promote the studies concerned with the most beautiful objects. This is the discipline that deals with…
• For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them.
• At rest, however, in the middle of everything is the sun.
• In the midst of all dwells the Sun. For who could set this luminary in another or better place in this most glorious temple, than…
• More stars in the north are seen not to set, while in the south certain stars are no longer seen to rise.
• We regard it as a certainty that the earth, enclosed between poles, is bounded by a spherical surface.
• Pouring forth its seas everywhere, then, the ocean envelops the earth and fills its deeper chasms.
• Astronomy is written for astronomers
• The Universe has been wrought for us by a supremely good and orderly Creator
• Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe. All this is suggested by the system of procession of events and…
• Nations are not ruined by one act of violence, but gradually and in an almost imperceptible manner by the depreciation of their circulating currency, through…
• The scorn which I had reason to fear on account of the novelty and unconventionality of my opinion almost induced me to abandon completely the…
• So if the worth of the arts were measured by the matter with which they deal, this art-which some call astronomy, others astrology, and many…
• In first place we must observe that the universe is spherical. This is either because that figure is the most perfect, as not being articulated,…

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