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 artdrawextraordinary share on social
Pouring forth its seas everywhere, then, the ocean envelops the earth and fills its deeper chasms. Nicolaus Copernicus chasmdeepearth Change image and share on social
The earth also is spherical, since it presses upon its center from every direction. Nicolaus Copernicus centerdirectionearth Change image and share on social
First of all, we must note that the universe is spherical. Nicolaus Copernicus notesphericaluniverse Change image and share on social
The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the moon with the arc of a perfect circle. Nicolaus Copernicus arccircleearth Change image and share on social
At rest, however, in the middle of everything is the sun. Nicolaus Copernicus middlerestsun Change image and share on social
Those things which I am saying now may be obscure, yet they will be made clearer in their proper place. Nicolaus Copernicus clearmakeobscure Change image and share on social
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. Nicolaus Copernicus abandonabsurdityapparent Change image and share on social
Therefore, in the course of the work I have followed this plan: I describe in the first book all the positions of the orbits together with the movements which I ascribe to the Earth, in order that this book might contain, as it were, the general scheme of the universe. Nicolaus Copernicus ascribebookdescribe share on social
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. Nicolaus Copernicus bodycirclecircular Change image and share on social
