The Number Of People That Can Reason

Nonetheless, It Moves.

When The Moon Is Ninety Degrees Away From The Sun It Sees But Half The Earth Illuminated (the Western Half). For The Other (the Eastern Half) Is Enveloped In Night. Hence The Moon Itself Is Illuminated Less Brightly From The Earth, And As A Result Its Secondary Light Appears Fainter To Us.

I Do Not Know What To Say In A Case So Surprising, So Unlooked For And So Novel.

We See Only The Simple Motion Of Descent, Since That Other Circular One Common To The Earth, The Tower, And Ourselves Remains Imperceptible. There Remains Perceptible To Us Only That Of The Stone, Which Is Not Shared By Us; And, Because Of This, Sense Shows It As By A Straight Line, Always Parallel To The Tower, Which Is Built Upright And Perpendicular Upon The Terrestrial Surface.

I Believe That The Intention Of Holy Writ Was To Persuade Men Of The Truths Necessary To Salvation; Such As Neither Science Nor Other Means Could Render Credible, But Only The Voice Of The Holy Spirit.