Showing posts with label Copernicus. Show all posts
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Friday, July 7, 2017

Copernicus: Heliocentricity— Sun at the Center




“At the centre of all things resides the sun. Could we find a better place in this most beautiful of all temples, from whence this light illuminates all things at once? Rightly is it called the lamp, the spirit, the ruler of the universe. For Hermes Trismegistus it is the invisible god. Sophocles’ Elektra calls it the all-seeing. Thus, the sun sits on its royal throne and guides its children, which circle it.”” — Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543)