"That the machine of Heaven is not a……" — Tycho Brahe
"That the machine of Heaven is not a hard and impervious body full of various real spheres, as up to now has been believed by most people. It will be proved that it extends everywhere, most fluid and simple, and nowhere presents obstacles as was formerly held, the circuits of the Planets being wholly free and without the labour and whirling round of any real spheres at all, being divinely governed under a given law."
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18 Quotes by Tycho Brahe
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Those who study the stars have God for a teacher.
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May I not seem to have lived in vain.
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There is something eccentric in the orbit of Mars.
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So mathematical truth prefers simple words since the language of truth is itself simple.
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Now it is quite clear to me that there are no solid spheres in the heavens, and those that have…
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