The Earth Is Round, And

The Heavenly Bodies Are Nothing But A Continuous Song For Several Voices (perceived By The Intellect, Not By The Ear); A Music Which... Sets Landmarks In The Immeasurable Flow Of Time. It Is Therefore, No Longer Surprising That Man, In Imitation Of His Creator, Has At Last Discovered The Art Of Figured Song, Which Was Unknown To The Ancients. Man Wanted To Reproduce The Continuity Of Cosmic Time... To Obtain A Sample Test Of The Delight Of The Divine Creator In His Works, And To Partake Of His Joy By Making Music In The Imitation Of God.

The Moon... Is A Mass, Akin To The Mass Of The Earth, Attracts The Waters By A Magnetic Force, Not Because They Are Liquid, But Because They Possess Earthy Substance, And So Share In The Movements Of A Heavy Body.

...for A Long Time I Wanted To Become A Theologian... Now, However, Behold How Through My Efforts God Is Being Debated In Astronomy.

Every Corporeal Substance, So Far Forth As It Is Corporeal, Has A Natural Fitness For Resting In Every Place Where It May Be Situated By Itself Beyond The Sphere Of Influence Of A Body Cognate With It.

I Am Stealing The Golden Vessels Of The Egyptians To Build A Tabernacle To My God From Them, Far Far Away From The Boundaries Of Egypt. If You Forgive Me, I Shall Rejoice; If You Are Enraged With Me, I Shall Bear It. See, I Cast The Die, And I Write The Book. Whether It Is To Be Read By The People Of The Present Or Of The Future Makes No Difference: Let It Await Its Reader For A Hundred Years, If God Himself Has Stood Ready For Six Thousand Years For One To Study Him.