Nicolaus Copernicus:

Therefore, when I perceived that these and similar doubts arose concerning the order of the parts of the universe and the symmetry of its structure, I began to be vexed that no more definite explanation of the movements of the world machine, created for our sake by the best and most orderly Workman of all, existed among the philosophers.

— 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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Explanation

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