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These loopy planetary orbits were hugely problematic for the ancient Greeks, because all the orbits were supposed to be circular according to Plato and his pupil Aristotle. They declared that the circle, with its simplicity, beauty and lack of beginning...
Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh
There are people who regard the deed of Copernicus as the biggest of the cultural revolutions which humanity has ever experienced as far as the historical memory reaches. One has to admit that the impression and the influence of this...
Source: Copernicus and His Time in the Light of Spiritual Science
In his chapter of the antiquity of Masonry, [Captain George Smith] makes it to be coeval with creation, 'when,' says he, 'the sovereign architect raised on Masonic principles the beauteous globe, and commanded the master science, Geometry, to lay the...
Source: The Origin of FreeMasonry
Also sprach Zarathustra is a tone poem by Richard Strauss, composed in 1896 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical 1883–1885 novel Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Strauss conducted its first performance on 27 November 1896 in Frankfurt. A typical performance lasts roughly...
Source: Also Sprach Zarathustra
The Square is a right angle, formed by two right lines. It is adapted only to a plane surface, and belongs only to geometry, earth-measurement, that trigonometry which deals only with planes, and with the earth, which the ancients supposed...
Source: Morals and Dogma by Albert Pike
Thus, we can begin to think of the immense universe in which our green mantled earth is but a tiny speck whirling around our sun, one of the many stars that range throughout space-time.
Source: Nature and Human Nature by Lawrence K. Frank
This world keeps spinning and there's no time to waste - Well it all keeps spinning, spinning, round and round and upside down
Source: Upside Down by Jack Johnson
It's like a dream - No end and no beginning
Source: Like a Prayer by Madonna
There's no beginning and there is no end
Source: Genius of Love by Tom Tom Club
Round and round the world we go - Back and forth in time - Always looking for the new sensation - Bigger and better every time
Source: The Next Big Thing by Jesus Jones
The world is spinning, turning day to night - And my thoughts are running at the speed of light
Source: Absolutely Still by Better Than Ezra
Sitting 'til the sun goes down - In dreams, the world keeps going 'round and 'round
Source: Can’t Get It Out of My Head by Electric Light Orchestra
We are a rock revolving around a golden sun
Source: Saltwater by Julian Lennon
Before the earth was round, there was no end to things - And no one tried to measure what they knew
Source: Before the Earth Was Round by OK Go
Going down, going down, round and round - All around, all around, all around
Source: Quit Waking Me Up by Cheap Trick
Nothin' comes from talkers but sound - We can talk all we want to, but the world still goes around and round
Source: Round and Round (Tevin Campbell) by Tevin Campbell
Again and again and again and again and again...
Source: Livin’ On The Edge by Aerosmith
And the world keeps spinning 'round - But my world's upside down, and I wouldn't change a thing
Source: Sick Cycle Carousel by Lifehouse
Summer, it turns me upside down - Summer, summer, summer - It's like a merry-go-round
Source: Magic (The Cars) by The Cars
Round and round it goes and oh, don't you know, oh, this is the game that we came here for
Source: Round and Round (Spandau Ballet) by Spandau Ballet
Round and round and round and round and round we go
Source: Round and Round (The Cure) by The Cure
Would be sure to set you spinnin' with you feet never touchin' the ground - And I'm round and round and round and round and round and round and round
Source: Round and Round (Aerosmith) by Aerosmith
We all make the world go 'round Together, all of us We all make the world go 'round And 'round and 'round
Source: World Go Round by Ringo Starr
Ooh, the wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'
Source: Wheel in the Sky by Journey
Circle in the sand - Round and round - Never ending love is what we've found
Source: Circle In The Sand by Belinda Carlisle
I saw the world spin beneath you
Source: Black Balloon by Goo Goo Dolls
Is it love that makes your world go 'round and 'round?
Source: Is It Love? by Bette Midler
Axis spins so round and round we go Where we're going no one really knows Here we, here we, here we, here we go Feel the fire way down below
Source: The Globe by Big Audio Dynamite
And Albert's vision's blooming uncontrolled - All his wings are slowly sinking
Source: Einstein on the Beach by Counting Crows
The world's just spinning a little too fast - If things don't slow down soon, we might not last - So just for a moment, let's be still
Source: Let’s Be Still by The Head and the Heart
Night after night, watching the sky move - But never feel the earth spinning around
Source: Learning to See by Van Halen
There's a man on the moon and he says that he's not coming down - But he's thinking of you every time the world spins around
Source: Man on the Moon (Jesus Jones) by Jesus Jones
If you go straight long enough you'll end up where you were.
Source: 3rd Planet by Modest Mouse
And the eyes in his head see the world spinning round
Source: The Fool On The Hill by The Beatles
We are on a rock, spinnin' silently
Source: Science of Silence by Richard Ashcroft
So when will this end? It goes on and on - Over and over and over again - Keep spinning around, I know that it won't stop until I step down from this for good
Source: Sick Cycle Carousel by Lifehouse
The universe works on a math equation that never even ever really ends in the end - Infinity spirals out creation
Source: Never Ending Math Equation by Modest Mouse
He looks around, around, he sees angels in the architecture - Spinning in infinity - He says Amen! and Hallelujah!
Source: You Can Call Me Al by Paul Simon
Why don't you guide me in if I'm such a lost soul? I'm spinning around
Source: Revelations by Audioslave
It was all a bad dream spinning in your head
Source: Silent Lucidity by Queensrÿche
It's lost and can't be found, It's spinning round and round - Slow it down
Source: Falling Away from Me by Korn
Oh you, you keep me hangin' - 'round and 'round and 'round and 'round
Source: From the End of the World by Electric Light Orchestra
The world’s still spinning ’round we don’t know why
Source: Champagne Supernova by Oasis
Get It Together and Flow
See a pearl form, a diamond in the rough. See a bird soaring high above the flood. It’s in your blood, it’s in your blood.
We’ll Begin With a Spin
Anything you want to, do it. Want to change the world? There’s nothing to it.
High Time We Made a Stand
Read it in the books, in the crannies and the nooks, there are books to read.
It Was Always Burning Since the World’s Been Turning
And I’m trying to believe in things that I don’t know. The turning of the world, the color of your soul.
We Built This City on Rock and Roll
…how different theories are suddenly introduced to add strength to the edifice.
But I Feel It Still…
If wishes were trees, the trees would be falling. Listen to reason, reason is calling.
