
Quote of Nicolaus Copernicus - So far as hypotheses are concerned...
Biography - Nicolaus Copernicus:
Born: 1473 - Died: 1543
Period:
16th century
15th century
Place of birth: Poland
Period:
16th century
15th century
Place of birth: Poland

So far as hypotheses are concerned, let no one expect anything certain from astronomy, which cannot furnish it, lest he accept as the truth ideas conceived for another purpose, and depart from this study a greater fool than when he entered it.”

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