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:Nikolaus Kopernikus.jpg|thumb|right|I am not so enamored of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them. ... Yet I hold that completely erroneous views should be shunned.]]
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opinions
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that I disregard what others may
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think
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of them. ... Yet I hold that completely
[[
erroneous
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views should be shunned.]]
'''[[w:Nicolaus Copernicus|Nicolaus Copernicus]]''' ([[19 February]] [[1473]] – [[24 May]] [[1543]]) was an early modern [[w:astronomer|astronomer]] and [[w:mathematics|mathematician]]; proponent of the [[w:heliocentric|heliocentric]] cosmic model. His book, ''[[w:De revolutionibus orbium coelestium|De revolutionibus orbium coelestium]]'' [''On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres''], is often regarded as the starting point of modern [[astronomy]] and the defining epiphany that began the [[Scientific Revolution|Scientific Revolution]].
'''[[w:Nicolaus Copernicus|Nicolaus Copernicus]]''' ([[19 February]] [[1473]] – [[24 May]] [[1543]]) was an early modern [[w:astronomer|astronomer]] and [[w:mathematics|mathematician]]; proponent of the [[w:heliocentric|heliocentric]] cosmic model. His book, ''[[w:De revolutionibus orbium coelestium|De revolutionibus orbium coelestium]]'' [''On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres''], is often regarded as the starting point of modern [[astronomy]] and the defining epiphany that began the [[Scientific Revolution|Scientific Revolution]].
== Quotes ==
== Quotes ==
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:Nikolaus Kopernikus 2.jpg|thumb|right|Surely all this must be a pleasing and acceptable mode of worship to the Most High, to whom ignorance cannot be more grateful than knowledge.]]
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:Nikolaus Kopernikus 2.jpg|thumb|right|Surely
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all
]]
this must be a
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pleasing
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and
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acceptable
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mode of
[[
worship
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to the
[[God|
Most High
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, to whom
[[
ignorance
]]
cannot be more grateful than
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knowledge
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.]]
* '''If perchance there should be foolish speakers who, together with those ignorant of all mathematics, will take it upon themselves to decide concerning these things, and because of some place in the Scriptures wickedly distorted to their purpose, should dare to assail this my work, they are of no importance to me, to such an extent do I despise their judgment as rash.''' For it is not unknown that [[w:Lactantius|Lactantius]], the writer celebrated in other ways but very little in mathematics, spoke somewhat childishly of the shape of the earth when he derided those who declared the earth had the shape of a ball. So it ought not to surprise students if such should laugh at us also. '''Mathematics is written for mathematicians''' to whom these our labors, if I am not mistaken, will appear to contribute something even to the ecclesiastical state the headship of which your Holiness now occupies.[http://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Pagina:Nicolai_Copernici_torinensis_De_revolutionibus_orbium_coelestium.djvu/8 (Author's preface to ''de revolutionibus'')]
* '''If perchance there should be foolish speakers who, together with those ignorant of all mathematics, will take it upon themselves to decide concerning these things, and because of some place in the Scriptures wickedly distorted to their purpose, should dare to assail this my work, they are of no importance to me, to such an extent do I despise their judgment as rash.''' For it is not unknown that [[w:Lactantius|Lactantius]], the writer celebrated in other ways but very little in mathematics, spoke somewhat childishly of the shape of the earth when he derided those who declared the earth had the shape of a ball. So it ought not to surprise students if such should laugh at us also. '''Mathematics is written for mathematicians''' to whom these our labors, if I am not mistaken, will appear to contribute something even to the ecclesiastical state the headship of which your Holiness now occupies.[http://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Pagina:Nicolai_Copernici_torinensis_De_revolutionibus_orbium_coelestium.djvu/8 (Author's preface to ''de revolutionibus'')]
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===''[[w:De revolutionibus orbium coelestium|De revolutionibus orbium coelestium]]'' (1543) ===
===''[[w:De revolutionibus orbium coelestium|De revolutionibus orbium coelestium]]'' (1543) ===
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:Nicolaus Copernicus - Heliocentric Solar System.JPG|thumb|right|The sun is not inappropriately called by some people the lantern of the universe, its mind by others, and its ruler by still others. [[w:Hermes Trismegistus|The Thrice Greatest]] labels it a visible god, and [[w:Electra (Sophocles)|Sophocles' ''Electra'']], the all-seeing. Thus indeed, as though seated on a royal throne, the sun governs the family of planets revolving around it.]]
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[[
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:Nicolaus Copernicus - Heliocentric Solar System.JPG|thumb|right|The
[[
sun
]]
is not inappropriately called by some
[[
people
]]
the lantern of the
[[
universe
]]
, its
[[
mind
]]
by others, and its
[[
ruler
]]
by still others. [[w:Hermes Trismegistus|The Thrice Greatest]] labels it a visible
[[Gods|
god
]]
, and [[w:Electra (Sophocles)|Sophocles' ''Electra'']], the
[[
all
]]
-
[[
seeing
]]
. Thus indeed, as though seated on a royal throne, the sun governs the family of
[[
planets
]]
revolving around it.]]
* ''Neque enim ita mihi mea placent, ut non perpendam, quid alii de illis iudicaturi sint. Et quamvis sciam, hominis philosophi cogitationes esse remotas à iudicio vulgi, propterea quòd illius studium sit veritatem omnibus in rebus, quatenus id à Deo rationi humanæ permissum est, inquirere, tamen alienas prorsus à rectitudine opiniones fugiendas censeo. Itaque cum mecum ipse cogitarem, quàm absurdum ἀκρόαμα existimaturi essent illi, qui multorum seculorum iudiciis hanc opinionem confirmatam norunt, quòd terra immobilis in medio cœli, tanquam centrum illius posita sit, si ego contra assererem terram moveri...''
* ''Neque enim ita mihi mea placent, ut non perpendam, quid alii de illis iudicaturi sint. Et quamvis sciam, hominis philosophi cogitationes esse remotas à iudicio vulgi, propterea quòd illius studium sit veritatem omnibus in rebus, quatenus id à Deo rationi humanæ permissum est, inquirere, tamen alienas prorsus à rectitudine opiniones fugiendas censeo. Itaque cum mecum ipse cogitarem, quàm absurdum ἀκρόαμα existimaturi essent illi, qui multorum seculorum iudiciis hanc opinionem confirmatam norunt, quòd terra immobilis in medio cœli, tanquam centrum illius posita sit, si ego contra assererem terram moveri...''
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==Quotes about Copernicus ==
==Quotes about Copernicus ==
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[[File:Torun03MonumentToCopernicus.JPG|thumb|right|Of all discoveries and opinions, none may have exerted a greater effect on the human spirit than the doctrine of Copernicus. ~ [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]] ]]
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[[File:Torun03MonumentToCopernicus.JPG|thumb|right|Of
[[
all
]]
[[
discoveries
]]
and
[[
opinions
]]
, none may have exerted a
[[
greater
]]
[[
effect
]]
on the
[[
human
]]
[[
spirit
]]
than the doctrine of Copernicus. ~ [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]] ]]
* The nationality question has been a subject of various writings; an honoring controversy over the claim to the founder of our current [[world view]] is conducted between Poles and Germans, but as already mentioned nothing certain can be determined concerning the nationality of Copernicus' parents; the father seems to have been of Slavic birth, the mother German; he was born in a city whose municipal authorities and educated inhabitants were Germans, but which at the time of his birth was under Polish rule; he studied at the Polish capital, [[w:Kraków|Krakau]], then in Italy, and lived out his days as a canon in [[w:Frombork|Frauenburg]]; he wrote Latin and German. In science, he is a man who belongs to no single nation, whose labors and strivings belong to the whole world, and in C. we do not honor the Pole nor the German, but the man of free spirit, the great astronomer, the father of the new astronomy, the originator of the true [[World view|Weltanschauung (world view)]].
* The nationality question has been a subject of various writings; an honoring controversy over the claim to the founder of our current [[world view]] is conducted between Poles and Germans, but as already mentioned nothing certain can be determined concerning the nationality of Copernicus' parents; the father seems to have been of Slavic birth, the mother German; he was born in a city whose municipal authorities and educated inhabitants were Germans, but which at the time of his birth was under Polish rule; he studied at the Polish capital, [[w:Kraków|Krakau]], then in Italy, and lived out his days as a canon in [[w:Frombork|Frauenburg]]; he wrote Latin and German. In science, he is a man who belongs to no single nation, whose labors and strivings belong to the whole world, and in C. we do not honor the Pole nor the German, but the man of free spirit, the great astronomer, the father of the new astronomy, the originator of the true [[World view|Weltanschauung (world view)]].