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Nicolaus Copernicus quotes

Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars.

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

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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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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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Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I had to fear because of the novelty and apparent absurdity of my view, nearly induced me to abandon utterly the work I had begun.

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