Author: Nicolaus Copernicus

Quotes

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.

- Nicolaus Copernicus

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.

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.

- Nicolaus Copernicus

For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study.

For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study.

- Nicolaus Copernicus

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

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

- Nicolaus Copernicus

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