Therefore, since it is the heavens that contain all things, it is not the heavens that move, but rather the earth, which is contained within the heavens, that moves.
Heliocentric model of the solar system
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (paraphrased concept)
1543
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"I consider the planets themselves to be divine, living creatures."
Strange & Unusual"For the motion of the earth is a fact, and the apparent change of position of the fixed stars is due to the earth's motion and not to any motion of the stars themselves."
Controversial"Mathematics is written for mathematicians."
Strange & Unusual"For the motion which appears to us in the heavens is not in the heavens themselves, but in the earth."
Controversial"For if the earth should move from west to east, the fixed stars would appear to move from east to west."
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