Tag Archives: Ptolemy

copernicus: earth as the lord’s moving footstool

The continuing saga of Copernicus and displacing the earth from the center of the universe. Of, course man was displaced as well, now an orbiting refugee and the light moral relativism found its way through the cracks in the foundation… … Continue reading

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copernicus: and the earth went mobile

The Copernican Revolution. Displacing man and the earth from the center of the universe… …The second important aspect of Copernicus’s work in which he differed from his predecessors is that, far from offering a hint or a suggestion or a … Continue reading

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copernicus: back to the star garden

Man and thereby the earth not the center of the universe. Surely you must be joking. The Copernican revolution. The continuing adventures of Nick “Dark Energy” Copernicus… …But this itself was far from unknown, and in 1533 Pope Clement VII … Continue reading

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young copernicus: for heaven’s sake

The man who displaced man and the earth from the center of the universe. So one day in 1509…It is thus clear that his friends knew of his astronomical preoccupations, and probably it was during these years that he planned … Continue reading

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young copernicus: the heavens can wait

The Copernican revolution. Displacing man from the center of the universe… …But other things preoccupied him as well. In 1497 his uncle had succeeded in obtaining his election as canon of Frauenberg Cathedral, one of the chapter of ecclesiastics who, … Continue reading

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copernicus: looking at motions of the moon

The Copernican Revolution. With modesty, Copernicus displaced man from the center of the universe… …Copernicus came from solid German merchant stock, but his uncle’s influence- Bishop Watzelrode undertook the education of his sister’s family when his brother-in-law died in 1483- … Continue reading

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