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 in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God.

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Pouring forth its seas everywhere, then, the ocean envelops the earth and fills its deeper...

Pouring forth its seas everywhere, then, the ocean envelops the earth and fills its deeper...

The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as...

The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as...

Mathematics is written for mathematicians.

Mathematics is written for mathematicians.

So, influenced by these advisors and this hope, I have at length allowed my friends...

So, influenced by these advisors and this hope, I have at length allowed my friends...

Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the...

Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the...

Not a few other very eminent and scholarly men made the same request, urging that...

Not a few other very eminent and scholarly men made the same request, urging that...

Accordingly, since nothing prevents the earth from moving, I suggest that we should now consider...

Accordingly, since nothing prevents the earth from moving, I suggest that we should now consider...

Near the sun is the center of the universe.

Near the sun is the center of the universe.

The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the...

The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the...

Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I had to fear because of...

Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I had to fear because of...

In so many and such important ways, then, do the planets bear witness to the...

In so many and such important ways, then, do the planets bear witness to the...

Therefore, having obtained the opportunity from these sources, I too began to consider the mobility...

Therefore, having obtained the opportunity from these sources, I too began to consider the mobility...

Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe.

Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe.

At rest, however, in the middle of everything is the sun.

At rest, however, in the middle of everything is the sun.

Therefore, in the course of the work I have followed this plan: I describe in...

Therefore, in the course of the work I have followed this plan: I describe in...

First of all, we must note that the universe is spherical.

First of all, we must note that the universe is spherical.

Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars.

Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars.

Yet if anyone believes that the earth rotates, surely he will hold that its motion...

Yet if anyone believes that the earth rotates, surely he will hold that its motion...

Therefore I would not have it unknown to Your Holiness, the the only thing which...

Therefore I would not have it unknown to Your Holiness, the the only thing which...

I shall now recall to mind that the motion of the heavenly bodies is circular,...

I shall now recall to mind that the motion of the heavenly bodies is circular,...