The Universe, Wrought For Us By A

In First Place We Must Observe That The Universe Is Spherical. This Is Either Because That Figure Is The Most Perfect, As Not Being Articulated, But Whole And Complete In Itself; Or Because It Is The Most Capacious And Therefore Best Suited For That Which Is To Contain And Preserve All Things.

Of All Things Visible, The Highest Is The Heaven Of The Fixed Stars.

Finally We Shall Place The Sun Himself At The Center Of The Universe.

Perhaps There Will Be Prattlers Who, Although Completely Ignorant Of Mathematics, Nevertheless Take It Upon Themselves To Pass Judgment On Mathematical Questions, And On Account Of Some Passage In Scripture, Badly Distorted To Their Purpose, Will Dare To Censure And Assail What I Have Presented Here.

The Massive Bulk Of The Earth Does Indeed Shrink To Insignificance In Comparison With The Size Of The Heavens.