He Had Made the Earth a Planet and Set It Spinning
With a wave of his hand, he had made the Earth a planet and set it spinning.
from A More Perfect Heaven by Dava Sobel
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Cosmography
The description and mapping of the structure of the universe or world.
Heliocentrism
The idea that the sun is at the center of the universe, with the Earth and other planets moving around it.
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Human Beings Literally Lost the Ground of Their View
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
The Earth May Now Be a Mere Planet Moving Around the Sun
The earth may now be a mere planet moving around the sun, but man is no longer confined to it. His spiritual energy, his reason, his brain power, his psyche, his consciousness have become the center and the purpose of...
Source: Utopian Thought in the Western World by Frank E. Manuel
To Remove Man From the Centre of Things Was To Raise Him From His Low Estate
And the one change of this kind implied by the abandonment of the geocentric system was, as is evident from what has already been said, the reverse of that often attributed to the new astronomy; to remove man from the...
Source: The Great Chain of Being by Arthur Oncken Lovejoy
A Grander Position Than He Occupied Before the Copernican Revolution
Once we are committed to this ideology of cosmic evolution, the narrow five millennia of recorded history with their minor progressions, regressions, cycles, and sinusoidal curves appear terrifyingly diminished. And yet the neo-evolutionists would insist that their teachings are raising...
Source: Utopian Thought in the Western World by Frank E. Manuel
Man on the Moon Viewing the Earth Was in the Service of the Copernican Hypothesis
Moon voyages became popular in the 1630s, their underlying inspiration Galileo’s telescope and the curiosity it piqued about the planet; but the way of reaching the new world on the moon was more important than the substance of an ideal...
Source: Utopian Thought in the Western World by Frank E. Manuel
Acceptance of the Copernican Cosmology Was a Religious Act
If there was an infinity of worlds, as Bruno maintained, for whom in particular had Christ died on this earth? If the universe was eternal, what would become of God the Creator? Acceptance of the Copernican cosmology was a religious...
Source: Utopian Thought in the Western World by Frank E. Manuel
A Radical Change to Astronomy and Cosmology
The years when Jesuits established their first schools coincided with the beginning of the so-called scientific revolution and the origin of modern science. In 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus had published his book, De revolutionibus orbium celestium, in which he proposed the...
Source: Jesuit Contribution to Science by Agustín Udías
It Just Seemed So Utterly Obvious That the Sun Revolved Round a Static Earth
Egocentric attitudes may have been a contributory factor behind the dominance of the geocentric world-view, but there were other reasons for preferring an Earth-centred universe to Aristarchus’ Sun-centred universe. One basic problem with the Sun-centred world-view was that it appeared...
Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh
Concept of the Earth Revolving—Axially and Orbitally—Around the Sun
The term [revolution] derives from the Latin substantive revolutio, which was unknown in classical Latin but was used in the early Middle Ages by St. Augustine and other Christian writers. Translated into Italian as rivoluzione in the early Renaissance and...
Source: Fire in the Minds of Men by James H. Billington
Rolling Round the Central Sun
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
We Are Using Philosophical Criteria in Choosing Our Models
"People need to be aware that there is a range of models that could explain the observations," Ellis argues. "For instance, I can construct you a spherically symmetrical universe with Earth at its center, and you cannot disprove it based...
Source: Scientific American
Psychologically There Is a Great Difference
In fact most of Copernicus' book runs closely parallel with Ptolemy's exposition, only the minimum changes being made to adjust the treatment of the Sun-centered theory; and most of the numerical constants are simply Ptolemy's figures transformed. Not unnaturally, Copernicus...
Source: De revolutionibus orbium coelestium by Nicolaus Copernicus
Do You Suppose It Is Beyond Us to Produce a Dual System of Astronomy?
Do you suppose it is beyond us to produce a dual system of astronomy? The stars can be near or distant, according as we need them. Do you suppose our mathematicians are unequal to that? Have you forgotten doublethink?
Source: 1984 by George Orwell
They Had to Imagine the Sun as Something That Does Not Move
They had to imagine the sun as something that does not move in relation to the earth and the earth even as something moving.
Source: Copernicus and His Time in the Light of Spiritual Science
Humans for the Most Part Don’t Have a Clue
Humans for the most part don't have a clue. They don't want one or need one either. They're happy. They think they have a good bead on things. Why the big secret? People are smart, they can handle it. A...
Source: Men in Black
Did the Earth Really Orbit the Sun?
Another reason why the Greeks rejected Aristarchus’ Solar System was its apparent failure to stand up to scientific scrutiny. Aristarchus had built a model of the universe that was supposed to match reality, but it was not clear that his...
Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh
Earth Is But a Tiny Speck Whirling Around Our Sun
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
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But Never Feel the Earth Spinning Around
Night after night, watching the sky move - But never feel the earth spinning around
Source: Learning to See by Van Halen
Oh for One More Trip Around the Sun
Oh for one more trip around the sun
Source: As Lights Fall by Alan Parsons
How Can We Believe the World Is Round?
How can we believe the world is round?
Source: 21st Century Blues by Toto
Sometimes Notions Get Reversed
Sometimes notions get reversed - Center of the universe
Source: E=MC2 by Big Audio Dynamite
How Can We Dance When Our Earth Is Turning?
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
Source: Beds Are Burning by Midnight Oil
We’ll Begin with a Spin
We'll begin with a spin - Traveling in the world of my creation
Source: Pure Imagination by Willy Wonka
We Are Turning with the Earth So Fast
We are turning with the earth so fast - but it feels a lot slower
Source: Left & Right In the Dark by Julian Casablancas
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Cause Everything Is Never As It Seems…
With a wave of his hand, he had made the Earth a planet and set it spinning.
Absolutely Still and I Can’t Wait One Minute More
The world is spinning, turning day to night, and my thoughts are running at the speed of light.
Think About the Place Where You Live
If you are confused, check with the sun. Carry a compass to help you along. Your feet are going to be on the ground. Your head is there to move you around.
Feelings Are Intense, Words Are Trivial
To start by making the trade center disappear, though, seems a good way to begin.
The More You Change, the Less You Feel
And our lives are forever changed. We will never be the same.
And I Will Try To Fix You…
Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
I Was Just Guessing at Numbers and Figures
Nobody said it was easy. No one ever said it would be so hard. I’m going back to the start.
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.