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God gives every animal the means of saving its life—why object if he gives astrology to the astronomer?
Joannis Kepleri Astronomi Opera Omnia (1858)
Wherever there are qualities there are likewise quantities, but not always vice versa.
Joannis Kepleri Astronomi Opera Omnia (1858)
Just as the eye was made to see colours, and the ear to hear sounds, so the human mind was made to understand, not whatever you please, but quantity.
Joannis Kepleri Astronomi Opera Omnia (1858)
[N]either this nor that supposition is worthy of the name of an astronomical hypothesis, but rather that which is implied in both alike.
Joannis Kepleri Astronomi Opera Omnia (1858)
[W]ithout proper experiments I conclude nothing...
Joannis Kepleri Astronomi Opera Omnia (1858)
I certainly know that I owe it [the Copernican theory] this duty, that as I have attested it as true in my deepest soul, and as I contemplate its beauty with incredible and ravishing delight, I should also publicly defend it to my readers with all the force at my command.
Joannis Kepleri Astronomi Opera Omnia (1858)
[Quantity is the fundamental feature of things,] the primarium accidens substantiae,' ...prior to the other categories.
Joannis Kepleri Astronomi Opera Omnia (1858)