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There is a force in the earth which causes the moon to move.

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There are as many comets in the sky as fishes in the ocean...

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Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife.

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Discover the force of the heavens O Men: Once recognized it can be put to use.

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I am a Lutheran astrologer, I throw away the nonsense and keep the hard kernel.

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The testimony of the ages confirm that the motions of the planets are orbicular.

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Wherever there are qualities there are likewise quantities, but not always vice versa.

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I measured the skies, now the shadows I measure Skybound was the mind, Earthbound the body rests.

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The Earth sings Mi-Fa-Mi, so we can gather ever from this that Misery and Famine reign in our habitat.

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God gives every animal the means of saving its life—why object if he gives astrology to the astronomer?

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I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.

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Astronomy has two ends, to save the appearances and to contemplate the true form of the edifice of the world.

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For astronomers ought not simply to enjoy a licence of making any fictions they choose without rational grounds.

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[Quantity is the fundamental feature of things,] the 'primarium accidens substantiae,'... prior to the other categories.

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I wanted to become a theologian; for a long time I was unhappy. Now, behold, God is praised by my work even in astronomy.

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However, before we come to [special] creation, which puts an end to all discussion: I think we should try everything else.

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So long as the mother, Ignorance, lives, it is not safe for Science, the offspring, to divulge the hidden causes of things.

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I used to measure the Heavens, now I measure the shadows of Earth. The mind belonged to Heaven, the body's shadow lies here.

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I used to measure the heavens, now I measure the shadows of Earth.
Although my mind was heaven-bound, the shadow of my body lies here.

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If the earth should cease to attract its waters to itself all the waters of the sea would be raised and would flow to the body of the moon.

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... wheresoever the earth may be placed, or whithersoever it may be carried by its animal faculty, heavy bodies will always be carried towards it.

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As in every discipline, so in astronomy, too, the conclusions that we teach the reader are seriously intended, and our discussion is no mere game.

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Geometry is one and eternal shining in the mind of God. That share in it accorded to humans is one of the reasons that humanity is the image of God.

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Just as the eye was made to see colours, and the ear to hear sounds, so the human mind was made to understand, not whatever you please, but quantity.

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Telescope, instrument of much knowledge, more precious than any scepter! Is not he who holds thee in his hand made king and lord of the works of God?

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[the] motions [of Mars] provide the only possible access to the hidden secrets of astronomy, without which we would remain forever ignorant of those secrets.

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I also ask you my friends not to condemn me entirely to the mill of mathematical calculations, and allow me time for philosophical speculations, my only pleasures.

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But who shall dwell in these worlds if they be inhabited?... Are we or they Lords of the World?.... And how are all things made for man? (War of the Worlds by HG Wells)

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The very truth, and the nature of things, though repudiated and ordered into exile, sneaked in again through the back door, to be received by me under an unwonted guise.

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If the earth were not round, heavy bodies would not tend from every side in a straight line towards the center of the earth, but to different points from different sides.

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