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Things Quotes by Nicolaus Copernicus
- 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,…
- In the center of all rests the sun. For who would place this lamp of a very beautiful temple in another or better place that…
- Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars.
- I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth…
- 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 fully…
- Those things which I am saying now may be obscure, yet they will be made clearer in their proper place.
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