Yet if anyone believes that the earth rotates, surely he will hold that its motion is natural, not violent.

Quote by Nicolaus Copernicus

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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...

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...

Near the sun is the center of the universe.

Near the sun is the center of the universe.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

More stars in the north are seen not to set, while in the south certain...

More stars in the north are seen not to set, while in the south certain...

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...

The earth also is spherical, since it presses upon its center from every direction.

The earth also is spherical, since it presses upon its center from every direction.

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...

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...

Those things which I am saying now may be obscure, yet they will be made...

Those things which I am saying now may be obscure, yet they will be made...

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.

For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial...

For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial...

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...