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Enkidu Posted 17 years ago
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Some explanation urgent please
To ban Copernicus, when his doctrine is daily reinforced with many new observations, seems, in my judgment, to be a contravention of truth, hiding and suppressing her when she is most clearly and plainly revealed, despite the advances of Copernicus, even when his theories are couched in mysteries so sublime and concepts so profound, that hundreds upon hundreds of the most acute minds have still not pierced them.
My question: Despite the advances of Copernicus: I can not comprehend this phrase and the part after this phrase. I need some explanation please
My question: Despite the advances of Copernicus: I can not comprehend this phrase and the part after this phrase. I need some explanation please
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I agree with you. It doesn't compute. Perhaps the overall intentention is to say there are two ways to look at the ideas which Copernicus put forth: 1.
- I agree with you.
- It doesn't compute.
- Perhaps the overall intentention is to say there are two ways to look at the ideas which Copernicus put forth: 1.
- Any fool with eyes in his head can see that what Copernicus says is true, because it comports with everyday observations of the way things are.
- Anyone who disagrees is trying to hide the truth.
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I agree with you. It doesn't compute.
Perhaps the overall intentention is to say there are two ways to look at the ideas which Copernicus put forth:
1. Any fool with eyes in his head can see that what Copernicus says is true, because it comports with everyday observations of the way things are. Anyone who disagrees is trying to hide the truth.
2. These things are cl
Perhaps the overall intentention is to say there are two ways to look at the ideas which Copernicus put forth:
1. Any fool with eyes in his head can see that what Copernicus says is true, because it comports with everyday observations of the way things are. Anyone who disagrees is trying to hide the truth.
2. These things are cl
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Yeeks, I think the given sentence is written badly with an idea to be stylish. There are too many ideas crammed into a single sentence, so no wonder people may have to read it several times to understand it.
Anyway, the part of the sentence that you are unclear of means that despite the correct theories by Copernicus, many intelligent people have not yet understood or appreciated them, e
Anyway, the part of the sentence that you are unclear of means that despite the correct theories by Copernicus, many intelligent people have not yet understood or appreciated them, e
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