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“I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.”
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“We ought not to ask why the human mind troubles to fathom the secrets of the universe. The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the skies so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment.”
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“Temporis filia veritas; cui me obstetricari non pudet.
Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife.”
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Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife.”
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“I used to measure the skies, now I measure the shadows of Earth.
Although my mind was sky-bound, the shadow of my body lies here.
[Epitaph he composed for himself a few months before he died]”
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Although my mind was sky-bound, the shadow of my body lies here.
[Epitaph he composed for himself a few months before he died]”
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“Geometry has two great treasures; one is the Theorem of Pythagoras; the other, the division of a line into extreme and mean ratio. The first we may compare to a measure of gold; the second we may name a precious jewel.”
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“When ships to sail the void between the stars have been built, there will step forth men to sail these ships.”
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“The soul of the newly born baby is marked for life by the pattern of the stars at the moment it comes into the world, unconsciously remembers it, and remains sensitive to the return of configurations of a similar kind.”
― Harmonies of the World
― Harmonies of the World
“Nature uses as little as possible of anything.”
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“Discover the force of the skies O Men: once recognised it can be put to use.”
― Epitome of Copernican Astronomy and Harmonies of the World
― Epitome of Copernican Astronomy and Harmonies of the World
“Now because 18 months ago the first dawn, 3 months ago broad daylight but a very few days ago the full sun of the most highly remarkable spectacle has risen â€� nothing holds me back. I can give myself up to the sacred frenzy, I can have the insolence to make a full confession to mortal men that I have stolen the golden vessel of the Egyptians to make from them a tabernacle for my God far from the confines of the land of Egypt. If you forgive me I shall rejoice; if you are angry, I shall bear it; I am indeed casting the die and writing the book, either for my contemporaries or for posterity to read, it matters not which: let the book await its reader for a hundred years; God himself has waited six thousand years for his work to be seen.”
― Harmonies of the World
― Harmonies of the World
“The treasures hidden in the heavens are so rich that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment.”
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“After the birth of printing books became widespread. Hence everyone throughout Europe devoted himself to the study of literature... Every year, especially since 1563, the number of writings published in every field is greater than all those produced in the past thousand years. The Paracelsians have created medicine anew and the Copernicans have created astronomy anew. I really believe that at last the world is alive, indeed seething, and that the stimuli of these remarkable conjunctions did not act in vain.”
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“The Earth is round, and is inhabited on all sides, is insignificantly small, and is borne through the stars.”
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“I too play with symbols... but I play in such a way that I do not forget that I am playing. For nothing is proved by symbols... unless by sure reasons it can be demonstrated that they are not merely symbolic but are descriptions of the ways in which the two things are connected and of the causes of this connection.”
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“Sky-bound was the mind, Earth-bound the body rests”
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“â€�  not my own opinion, but my wife’s: Yesterday, when weary with writing, I was called to supper, and a salad I had asked for was set before me. ‘It seems then,â€� I said, ‘if pewter dishes, leaves of lettuce, grains of salt, drops of water, vinegar, oil and slices of eggs had been flying about in the air for all eternity, it might at last happen by chance that there would come a salad.â€� ‘Yes,â€� responded my lovely, ‘but not so nice as this one of mine.”
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“I have consummated the work to which I pledged myself, using all the abilities that You (God) gave me; I have shown the glory of Your works to men, but if I have pursued my own glory among men while engaged in a work intended for Your glory, be merciful, be compassionate, and forgive.”
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“If there is anything that can bind the mind of man to this dreary exile of our earthly home and can reconcile us with our fate so that one can enjoy living,—then it is verily the enjoyment of the mathematical sciences and astronomy.”
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“We do not ask for what useful purpose the birds do sing, for song is their pleasure since they were created for singing. Similarly, we ought not to ask why the human mind troubles to fathom the secrets of the heavens... The diversity of the phenomena of Nature is so great and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking for fresh nourishment.”
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“Priusquam autem ad creationem, hoc est ad finem omnis disputationis, veniamus: tentanda omnia existimo.
However, before we come to [special] creation, which puts an end to all discussion: I think we should try everything else.”
― Johannes Kepler New Astronomy
However, before we come to [special] creation, which puts an end to all discussion: I think we should try everything else.”
― Johannes Kepler New Astronomy
“before the origin of things, geometry was coeternal with the Divine Mind”
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“We do not ask for what useful purpose the birds do sing, for song is their pleasure since they were created for singing. Similarly, we ought not to ask why the human mind troubles to fathom the secrets of the heavens. The diversity of the phenomena of Nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment.”
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“I measured the skies, now the shadows I measure. Sky-bound was the mind, Earth-bound the body rests.”
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“I used to measure the skies, now I measure the shadows of Earth.
Sky-bound was the mind, earthbound the body rests.”
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Sky-bound was the mind, earthbound the body rests.”
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“The orbit of every planet is an ellipse with the sun at one of the two foci.”
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“I used to measure the heavens
Now the Earth's shadows I measure
My mind was in the heavens,
Now the shadow of my body rests here”
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Now the Earth's shadows I measure
My mind was in the heavens,
Now the shadow of my body rests here”
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“When the storm rages and the shipwreck of the state threatens, we can do nothing more worthy than to sink the anchor of our peaceful studies into the ground of eternity.”
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“And I cherish more than anything else the Analogies, my most trustworthy masters. They know all the secrets of Nature, and they ought to be least neglected in Geometry.”
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“If my false figures came near to the facts, this happened merely by chance....These comments are not worth printing. Yet it gives me pleasure to remember how many detours I had to make, along how many walls I had to grope in the darkness of my ignorance until I found the door which lets in the light of truth....In such manner did I dream of the truth.”
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“I especially love analogies, my most faithful masters, acquainted with all the secrets of natureâ€� One should make great use of them.”
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