To Know That We Know What We

For I Am Not So Enamoured Of My Own Opinions That I Disregard What Others May Think Of Them.

In The Midst Of All Dwells The Sun.

Therefore, Having Obtained The Opportunity From These Sources, I Too Began To Consider The Mobility Of The Earth.

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.

So, Influenced By These Advisors And This Hope, I Have At Length Allowed My Friends To Publish The Work, As They Had Long Besought Me To Do.