Quote: it is more sensible to rotate the earth than to rotate the skies; otherwise an immense number of extremely large bodies move with inconceivable velocities
[Salviati:] Now if precisely the same effect follows … the earth alone remains fixed while the whole … not act by means of many things when … extremely large bodies move with inconceivable velocities, to … own center?
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Quote: nature does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few
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