“ 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. ”
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“ 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. ”
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“ 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. ”
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“ Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at rest in the middle of the heavens as its center, would, I reflected, regard it as an insane pronouncement if I made the opposite assertion that the earth moves. ”
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“ So, influenced by these advisors and this hope, I have at length allowed my friends to publish the work, as they had long besought me to do. ”
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“ I shall now recall to mind that the motion of the heavenly bodies is circular, since the motion appropriate to a sphere is rotation in a circle. ”
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“ Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars. ”
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“ Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I had to fear because of the novelty and apparent absurdity of my view, nearly induced me to abandon utterly the work I had begun. ”
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“ Pouring forth its seas everywhere, then, the ocean envelops the earth and fills its deeper chasms. ”
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“ The earth also is spherical, since it presses upon its center from every direction. ”
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“ We regard it as a certainty that the earth, enclosed between poles, is bounded by a spherical surface. ”
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“ First of all, we must note that the universe is spherical. ”
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“ Pouring forth its seas everywhere, then, the ocean envelops the earth and fills its deeper chasms. ”
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“ The earth also is spherical, since it presses upon its center from every direction. ”
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“ We regard it as a certainty that the earth, enclosed between poles, is bounded by a spherical surface. ”
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“ First of all, we must note that the universe is spherical. ”
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“ At rest, however, in the middle of everything is the sun. ”
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“ So far as hypotheses are concerned, let no one expect anything certain from astronomy, which cannot furnish it, lest he accept as the truth ideas conceived for another purpose, and depart from this study a greater fool than when he entered it. ”
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“ We regard it as a certainty that the earth, enclosed between poles, is bounded by a spherical surface. ”
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“ The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the size of the heavens. ”
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“ Moreover, there is no difference between the earth's centers of gravity and magnitude. ”
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“ Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at rest in the middle of the heavens as its center, would, I reflected, regard it as an insane pronouncement if I made the opposite assertion that the earth moves. ”
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“ Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I had to fear because of the novelty and apparent absurdity of my view, nearly induced me to abandon utterly the work I had begun. ”
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“ Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I had to fear because of the novelty and apparent absurdity of my view, nearly induced me to abandon utterly the work I had begun. ”
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“ So, influenced by these advisors and this hope, I have at length allowed my friends to publish the work, as they had long besought me to do. ”
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“ To be sure, heretofore there has been virtually unanimous acceptance of the belief that the middle of the universe is the earth. ”
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“ For a traveler going from any place toward the north, that pole of the daily rotation gradually climbs higher, while the opposite pole drops down an equal amount. ”
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