Quote: the celestial bodies are generable and corruptible like the earth; e.g., sun spots and the mountains on the moon as shown by the telescope

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[Sagreto:] But what if I should prove to … no less generable and corruptible than elemental [earth]? What would you say to that? [Simplicio:] I should say … [p. 54] [Salviati:] One is that many of these … and vanish far from the edge of the … [p. 56] [Salviati:] Now we, thanks to the telescope, … so that we can discern many things in … him. Therefore we can treat of the heavens … [p. 63] [Salviati:] I hold [the moon's] material to be … me is the unevenness of the major parts … telescope.   Google-1   Google-2

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