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To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.

— Nicolaus Copernicus Misattributed

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So vast, without any question, is the divine handiwork of the most excellent Almighty.

De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (1543)

At rest, however, in the middle of everything is the sun.

De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (1543)

Thus indeed, as though seated on a royal throne, the sun governs the family of planets revolving around it.

De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (1543)

All these phenomena proceed from the same cause, which is the earth's motion.
Yet none of these phenomena appears in the fixed stars.

De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (1543)

What indeed is more beautiful than heaven, which of course contains all things of beauty.

De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (1543)

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