“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
Author: Nicolaus Copernicus
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Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the
“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
Author: Nicolaus Copernicus
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Not a few other very eminent and
“Not a few other very eminent and scholarly men made the same request, urging that I should no longer through fear refuse to give out my work for the common benefit of students of Mathematics.”
— Nicolaus Copernicus
Author: Nicolaus Copernicus
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So, influenced by these advisors and this
“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.”
— Nicolaus Copernicus
Author: Nicolaus Copernicus
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For it is the duty of an
“For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study.”
— Nicolaus Copernicus
Author: Nicolaus Copernicus
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Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the
“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
Author: Nicolaus Copernicus
Category: work
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So far as hypotheses are concerned, let
“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.”
— Nicolaus Copernicus
Author: Nicolaus Copernicus
Category: truth
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