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copernicus: voyage to some distant planets

Copernicus argued that the earth was merely one of several planets that circled the sun. It was the Copernican Revolution and it displaced man from the center of the universe. It was the first flowering of the first stirrings of … Continue reading

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copernicus: suddenly the heavens were not perfect

The Copernican Revolution. Moving the earth away from the center of the universe had its consequences… …the heretical runaway monk and pantheistic philosopher Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake in 1600, though not for accepting Copernicanism. But his death … Continue reading

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copernicus: what goes around comes around

Copernicus displaced man and the earth from the center of the universe. The mobility of the earth became linked with moral relativity… …In this preface, which appeared along with Andreas Osiander’s, Copernicus gave his reasons for having attempted to reform … Continue reading

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Copernicus: dawn of dark energy

Displacing man from the center of the universe and the earth as well. The stirrings of humanism and the Renaissance began to be felt… …Whatever may have been the reaction later, those who first saw the sketch of the future … Continue reading

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copernicus: a eureka man

Displacing the earth, and hence man as the center of the universe… …Late fifteenth century astronomy was a confused collection of systems inherited from a diverse past, with no certainty of fact or theory. Medieval astronomical theory was based on … Continue reading

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WASTELAND:THE EARTH IS FIXED AT THE CENTER OF THE EGO

In this decayed hole among the mountains, In the faint moonlight, the grass is singing Over the tumbled graves, about the chapel There is the empty chapel, only the wind’s home. It has no windows, and the door swings, Dry … Continue reading

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STRANGE MANNERISMS

The arts had come under grave suspicion as offenders against dignity, restraint and decorum. The tide was running toward a new puritanism in the Roman Catholic Church when the council of the church fathers, originally summoned to set the Church’s … Continue reading

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