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copernicus and donuts: taking “me” out of the middle

Heliocentrism and geocentrism. How to reconcile divergent viewpoints that were never intended to be reconcile, for they represented thoroughly different values. Even Martin Luther was wary of the Copernican revolution, the end result being idol worship, the view that it … Continue reading

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copernicus: what goes around comes around

Copernicus displaced man and the earth from the center of the universe. The mobility of the earth became linked with moral relativity… …In this preface, which appeared along with Andreas Osiander’s, Copernicus gave his reasons for having attempted to reform … Continue reading

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