The Book Of Nature Is Written In

The Surface Of The Moon Is Not Smooth, Uniform, And Precisely Spherical As A Great Number Of Philosophers Believe It To Be, But Is Uneven, Rough, And Full Of Cavities And Prominences, Being Not Unlike The Face Of The Earth, Relieved By Chains Of Mountains And Deep Valleys.

Philosophy Itself Cannot But Benefit From Our Disputes, For If Our Conceptions Prove True, New Achievements Will Be Made; If False, Their Refutation Will Further Confirm The Original Doctrines.

[copernicus] Did Not Ignore The Bible, But He Knew Very Well That If His Doctrine Were Proved, Then It Could Not Contradict The Scriptures When They Were Rightly Understood.

I Would Beg The Wise And Learned Fathers (of The Church) To Consider With All Diligence The Difference Which Exists Between Matters Of Mere Opinion And Matters Of Demonstration. ... [i]t Is Not In The Power Of Professors Of The Demonstrative Sciences To Alter Their Opinions At Will, So As To Be Now Of One Way Of Thinking And Now Of Another. ... [d]emonstrated Conclusions About Things In Nature Of The Heavens, Do Not Admit Of Being Altered With The Same Ease As Opinions To What Is Permissible Or Not, Under A Contract, Mortgage, Or Bill Of Exchange.

Nature's Great Book Is Written In Mathematics.