Quotes about Nicolaus Copernicus

Near the sun is the center of the universe.

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

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

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Mathematics is written for mathematicians.

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

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

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

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

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

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For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others...

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

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

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