Nicolaus Copernicus — "To attack me, some people, who know nothing of mathematics, yet dare to pass jud…"

To attack me, some people, who know nothing of mathematics, yet dare to pass judgment on these things, on the strength of some passage of Scripture, twisted to their purpose, are now presumptuously attempting to condemn and censure this undertaking of mine.
Nicolaus Copernicus — Nicolaus Copernicus Early Modern · Heliocentric model of the solar system

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Dedication to Pope Paul III in 'De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium'

Date: 1543

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