Nations are not ruined by one act of violence, but gradually and in an almost imperceptible manner by the depreciation of their circulating currency, through its excessive quantity.
Nicolaus CopernicusRead
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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Copernicus acknowledges the influence of his friends and advisors in publishing his work, highlighting the importance of collaboration and support.
In this quote, Nicolaus Copernicus reflects on the impact of his friends and advisors in encouraging him to share his groundbreaking ideas with the world. It underscores the value of mentorship and the role of a supportive community in the pursuit of knowledge and innovation.
Themes
InfluenceAdviceCollaborationSupportPublishing
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about scientific collaboration, you could quote Copernicus to emphasize the importance of support in research.
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All quotes βSo far as hypotheses are concerned, let no one expect anything certain from astronomy, which cannot furnish it, lest he accept as the truth ideas conceived for another purpose, and depart from this study a greater fool than when he entered it.
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So if the worth of the arts were measured by the matter with which they deal, this art-which some call astronomy, others astrology, and many of the ancients the consummation of mathematics-would be by far the most outstanding. This art which is as it were the head of all the liberal arts and the one most worthy of a free man leans upon nearly all the other branches of mathe matics. Arithmetic, geometry, optics, geodesy, mechanics, and whatever others, all offer themselves in its service.
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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.
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The strongest affection and utmost zeal should, I think, promote the studies concerned with the most beautiful objects, most deserving to be known.
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The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the size of the heavens.
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