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# Nicolaus Copernicus

(1473–1543)   Astronomer

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Nicolaus Copernicus was an astronomer, best known for *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium*.

## Quick Facts About Nicolaus Copernicus

Born February 19, 1473

Died May 24, 1543

Profession Astronomer

Notable works De revolutionibus orbium coelestium

## About Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance polymath who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center. The publication of Copernicus's model in his book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, just before his death in 1543, was a major event in the history of science, triggering the Copernican Revolution and making a pioneering contribution to the Scientific Revolution. Though a similar heliocentric model had been developed eighteen centuries earlier by Aristarchus of Samos, an ancient Greek astronomer, Copernicus likely arrived at his model independently.

##  Quotes by Nicolaus Copernicus · Page 2

> [The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the size of the heavens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/the-massive-bulk-of-the-earth-does-indeed-shrink-to-insignificance-in/)

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> [The Universe has been wrought for us by a supremely good and orderly Creator](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/the-universe-has-been-wrought-for-us-by-a-supremely-good-and-orderly/)

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> [Every light has its shadow, and every shadow hath a succeeding morning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/every-light-has-its-shadow-and-every-shadow-hath-a-succeeding-morning/)

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> [Yet if anyone believes that the earth rotates, surely he will hold that its motion is natural, not violent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/yet-if-anyone-believes-that-the-earth-rotates-surely-he-will-hold/)

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> [For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/for-i-am-not-so-enamoured-of-my-own-opinions-that-i-disregard-what/)

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> [Not a few other very eminent and scholarly men made the same request, urging that I should no longer through fear refuse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/not-a-few-other-very-eminent-and-scholarly-men-made-the-same-request/)

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> [Therefore I would not have it unknown to Your Holiness, the the only thing which induced me to look for another way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/therefore-i-would-not-have-it-unknown-to-your-holiness-the-the-only/)

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> [Although all the good arts serve to draw man's mind away from vices and lead it toward better things, this function can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/although-all-the-good-arts-serve-to-draw-man-s-mind-away-from-vices/)

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> [In the midst of all dwells the Sun. For who could set this luminary in another or better place in this most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/in-the-midst-of-all-dwells-the-sun-for-who-could-set-this-luminary-in/)

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> [Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I had to fear because of the novelty and apparent absurdity of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/therefore-when-i-considered-this-carefully-the-contempt-which-i-had/)

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> [Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe. All this is suggested by the system of procession…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/finally-we-shall-place-the-sun-himself-at-the-center-of-the-universe-2/)

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> [So, influenced by these advisors and this hope, I have at length allowed my friends to publish the work, as they had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/so-influenced-by-these-advisors-and-this-hope-i-have-at-length/)

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> [If there be some who, though ignorant of all mathematics . . . dare to reprove this work, because of some passage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/if-there-be-some-who-though-ignorant-of-all-mathematics-dare-to/)

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> [The strongest affection and utmost zeal should, I think, promote the studies concerned with the most beautiful objects. This is the discipline…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/the-strongest-affection-and-utmost-zeal-should-i-think-promote-the-2/)

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> [The scorn which I had reason to fear on account of the novelty and unconventionality of my opinion almost induced me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/the-scorn-which-i-had-reason-to-fear-on-account-of-the-novelty-and/)

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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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/i-therefore-took-this-opportunity-and-also-began-to-consider-the/)

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> [If there should chance to be any mathematicians who, ignorant in mathematics yet pretending to skill in that science, should dare, upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/if-there-should-chance-to-be-any-mathematicians-who-ignorant-in/)

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> [To know the mighty works of God, to comprehend His wisdom and majesty and power; to appreciate, in degree, the wonderful workings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/to-know-the-mighty-works-of-god-to-comprehend-his-wisdom-and-majesty/)

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> [For when a ship is floating calmly along, the sailors see its motion mirrored in everything outside, while on the other hand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/for-when-a-ship-is-floating-calmly-along-the-sailors-see-its-motion/)

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> [Yet the widespread planetary theories, advanced by Ptolemy and most other astronomers, although consistent with the numerical data, seemed likewise to present…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/yet-the-widespread-planetary-theories-advanced-by-ptolemy-and-most/)

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> [In the first book I shall describe all the positions of the spheres, along with the motions which I attribute to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/in-the-first-book-i-shall-describe-all-the-positions-of-the-spheres/)

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> [Therefore, in the course of the work I have followed this plan: I describe in the first book all the positions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/therefore-in-the-course-of-the-work-i-have-followed-this-plan-i/)

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> [I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/i-am-aware-that-a-philosopher-s-ideas-are-not-subject-to-the-judgment/)

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> [Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at rest in the middle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/those-who-know-that-the-consensus-of-many-centuries-has-sanctioned/)

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> [The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/the-earth-together-with-its-surrounding-waters-must-in-fact-have-such/)

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> [Perhaps there will be prattlers who, although completely ignorant of mathematics, nevertheless take it upon themselves to pass judgment on mathematical questions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/perhaps-there-will-be-prattlers-who-although-completely-ignorant-of/)

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> [Since, then, there is no objection to the mobility of the Earth, I think it must now be considered whether several motions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/since-then-there-is-no-objection-to-the-mobility-of-the-earth-i-think/)

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