Nicolaus Copernicus:

To know the mighty works of God, to comprehend His wisdom and majesty and power; to appreciate, in degree, the wonderful workings of His laws, surely all this must be a pleasing and acceptable mode of worship to the Most High, to whom ignorance cannot be more pleasing than knowledge.

— Nicolaus Copernicus Early Modern

Heliocentric model of the solar system

Context

Dedication to Pope Paul III in 'De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium'

Date / Period

1543

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/30176/30176-h/30176-h.htm

Verification

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