The body of the Earth, large, sluggish and inapt for motion, is not to be disturbed by movement (especially three movements), any more than the Aetherial Lights [stars] are to be shifted, so that such ideas are opposed both to physical principles and to the authority of the Holy Writ which many time: confirms the stability of the Earth (as we shall discuss more fully elsewhere).
That the machine of Heaven is not a hard and impervious body full of various real spheres, as up to now has been believed by most people. It will be … - Tycho Brahe
That the machine of Heaven is not a hard and impervious body full of various real spheres, as up to now has been believed by most people. It will be …
- Tycho Brahe
And when statesmen or others worry him [the scientist] too much, then he should leave with his possessions. With a firm and steadfast mind one should… - Tycho Brahe
And when statesmen or others worry him [the scientist] too much, then he should leave with his possessions. With a firm and steadfast mind one should…
The star [Tycho's supernova] was at first like Venus and Jupiter, giving pleasing effects; but as it then became like Mars, there will next come a pe… - Tycho Brahe
The star [Tycho's supernova] was at first like Venus and Jupiter, giving pleasing effects; but as it then became like Mars, there will next come a pe…
When I had satisfied myself that no star of that kind had ever shone before, I was led into such perplexity by the unbelievability of the thing that … - Tycho Brahe
When I had satisfied myself that no star of that kind had ever shone before, I was led into such perplexity by the unbelievability of the thing that …
The mouse is wise, but the cat is wiser. - Tycho Brahe
The mouse is wise, but the cat is wiser.
When, according to habit, I was contemplating the stars in a clear sky, I noticed a new and unusual star, surpassing the other stars in brilliancy . … - Tycho Brahe
When, according to habit, I was contemplating the stars in a clear sky, I noticed a new and unusual star, surpassing the other stars in brilliancy . …
Those who study the stars have God for a teacher. - Tycho Brahe
Those who study the stars have God for a teacher.
May I not seem to have lived in vain. - Tycho Brahe
May I not seem to have lived in vain.
It was not just the Church that resisted the heliocentrism of Copernicus. - Tycho Brahe
It was not just the Church that resisted the heliocentrism of Copernicus.
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