"Not a few other very eminent and scholarly……" — Nicolaus Copernicus
"Not a few other very eminent and scholarly men made the same request, urging that I should no longer through fear refuse to give out my work for the common benefit of students of Mathematics."
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50 Quotes by Nicolaus Copernicus
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I therefore took this opportunity and also began to consider the possibility that the Earth moved. Although it seemed an…
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To know the mighty works of God, to comprehend His wisdom and majesty and power; to appreciate, in degree, the…
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Among the authorities it is generally agreed that the Earth is at rest in the middle of the universe, and…
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In the first book I shall describe all the positions of the spheres, along with the motions which I attribute…
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Since, then, there is no objection to the mobility of the Earth, I think it must now be considered whether…
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The two revolutions, I mean the annual revolutions of the declination and of the centre of the Earth, are not…
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The strongest affection and utmost zeal should, I think, promote the studies concerned with the most beautiful objects. This is…
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For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them.
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At rest, however, in the middle of everything is the sun.
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In the midst of all dwells the Sun. For who could set this luminary in another or better place in…
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More stars in the north are seen not to set, while in the south certain stars are no longer seen…
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We regard it as a certainty that the earth, enclosed between poles, is bounded by a spherical surface.
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