Top Ten Famaous Nicolaus Copernicus Quotes
Nicolaus Copernicus was a mathematician and astronomer. Nicolaus Copernicus changed how we viewed the positioning of the Sun, Earth and other celestial objects in space. Nicolaus Copernicus developed a heliocentric model of the universe which placed the Sun, rather than the Earth, at the center. Nicolaus Copernicus's book about his findings, ‘On the Revolutions of Celestial Spheres’ was published shortly before he died in 1543. Nicolaus Copernicus was born 19th February, 1473 in Thorn, Royal Prussia, Kingdom of Poland. Let’s remember Nicolaus Copernicus's birthday with Top Ten Famaous Nicolaus Copernicus Quotes
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1. Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars.
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2. Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe.
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3. To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.
Nicolaus Copernicus
4. Every observed change of place is caused by a motion of either the observed object or the observer or, of course, by an unequal displacement of each.
Nicolaus Copernicus
5. For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study.
Nicolaus Copernicus
6. Those things which I am saying now may be obscure, yet they will be made clearer in their proper place.
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7. For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them.
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8. I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God.
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9. The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the size of the heavens.
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10. Although all the good arts serve to draw man's mind away from vices and lead it toward better things, this function can be more fully performed by this art, which also provides extraordinary intellectual pleasure.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus
2. Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe.
Nicolaus Copernicus
3. To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.
Nicolaus Copernicus
4. Every observed change of place is caused by a motion of either the observed object or the observer or, of course, by an unequal displacement of each.
Nicolaus Copernicus
5. For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study.
Nicolaus Copernicus
6. Those things which I am saying now may be obscure, yet they will be made clearer in their proper place.
Nicolaus Copernicus
7. For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them.
Nicolaus Copernicus
8. I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God.
Nicolaus Copernicus
9. The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the size of the heavens.
Nicolaus Copernicus
10. Although all the good arts serve to draw man's mind away from vices and lead it toward better things, this function can be more fully performed by this art, which also provides extraordinary intellectual pleasure.
Nicolaus Copernicus
