The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the moon with the arc of a perfect circle.
In so many and such important ways, then, do the planets bear witness to the earth's mobility.
Therefore, having obtained the opportunity from these sources, I too began to consider the mobility of the earth.
Mathematics is written for mathematicians.
Pouring forth its seas everywhere, then, the ocean envelops the earth and fills its deeper chasms.
I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God.
