Near the sun is the center of the universe.

Quote by Nicolaus Copernicus

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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.

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 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...

So far as hypotheses are concerned, let no one expect anything certain from astronomy, which...

So far as hypotheses are concerned, let no one expect anything certain from astronomy, which...

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...

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...

I can easily conceive, most Holy Father, that as soon as some people learn that...

I can easily conceive, most Holy Father, that as soon as some people learn that...

Moreover, since the sun remains stationary, whatever appears as a motion of the sun is...

Moreover, since the sun remains stationary, whatever appears as a motion of the sun is...

We regard it as a certainty that the earth, enclosed between poles, is bounded by...

We regard it as a certainty that the earth, enclosed between poles, is bounded by...

I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary...

I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...