If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look to you more splendid than the moon.


Salviati, p. 88 - Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (1632)


If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look to you more splendid than the moon.

If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look to you more splendid than the moon.

If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look to you more splendid than the moon.

If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look to you more splendid than the moon.