If... the motion of the earth were circular, it would be violent and contrary to nature, and could not be eternal, since … nothing violent is eternal.... It follows, therefore, that the earth is not moved with a circular motion.


Commentaria in libros Aristotelis de caelo et mundo


If... the motion of the earth were circular, it would be violent and contrary to nature, and could not be eternal, since … nothing violent is...

If... the motion of the earth were circular, it would be violent and contrary to nature, and could not be eternal, since … nothing violent is...

If... the motion of the earth were circular, it would be violent and contrary to nature, and could not be eternal, since … nothing violent is...

If... the motion of the earth were circular, it would be violent and contrary to nature, and could not be eternal, since … nothing violent is...