Polish - Scientist | February 19, 1473 - May 24, 1543
At rest, however, in the middle of everything is the sun.
Nicolaus Copernicus
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To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.
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Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars.
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For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them.
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I can easily conceive, most Holy Father, that as soon as some people learn that in this book which I have written concerning the revolutions of the heavenly bodies, I ascribe certain motions to the Earth, they will cry out at once that I and my theory should be rejected.
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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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Mathematics is written for mathematicians.
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Moreover, since the sun remains stationary, whatever appears as a motion of the sun is really due rather to the motion of the earth.
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For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study.
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The earth also is spherical, since it presses upon its center from every direction.
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For a traveler going from any place toward the north, that pole of the daily rotation gradually climbs higher, while the opposite pole drops down an equal amount.
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Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe.
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