Therefore, When I Considered This Carefully, The

Finally We Shall Place The Sun Himself At The Center Of The Universe.

For A Traveler Going From Any Place Toward The North, That Pole Of The Daily Rotation Gradually Climbs Higher, While The Opposite Pole Drops Down An Equal Amount.

Those Who Know That The Consensus Of Many Centuries Has Sanctioned The Conception That The Earth Remains At Rest In The Middle Of The Heavens As Its Center, Would, I Reflected, Regard It As An Insane Pronouncement If I Made The Opposite Assertion That The Earth Moves.

In The Midst Of All Dwells The Sun. For Who Could Set This Luminary In Another Or Better Place In This Most Glorious Temple, Than Whence He Can At One And The Same Time Brighten The Whole.

I Am Aware That A Philosopher's Ideas Are Not Subject To The Judgment Of Ordinary Persons, Because It Is His Endeavour To Seek The Truth In All Things, To The Extent Permitted To Human Reason By God.