I confess that I have been led to conceive of a different arrangement of the spheres of the universe from that of the ancient astronomers.
Heliocentric model of the solar system
Preface to De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
1543
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"And if the earth were to stand still, the appearance of the heavens would be very different."
Controversial"Yet because the novelty of the undertaking, which I knew to be contrary to the accepted views of the common people, might be regarded as absurd, I long hesitated."
Controversial"For if the earth should move from west to east, the fixed stars would appear to move from east to west."
Controversial"The Universe has been wrought for us by a supremely good and orderly Creator."
Strange & Unusual"For the motion of the earth is of such a nature that it can account for all the apparent motions of the heavenly bodies."
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