![]() Robs man of his humanity, or, if we may add this, which robs him of his divinity.Ĭlearly, if God had not lead the way humanity would never have climbed up to those superior planes Though they have been given the noble bones of humanity, they are reverting back to earth. ![]() Whereas if they claim that astronomy is beyond them, we should say of them that Holy patriarchs studied most industriously. If they claim to be above such things, they should be greatly despised for being unwilling to know about something which the The sun might rise in the West, and they would not know the proper time to do anything if it was not set down in the calendar. Now let us consider those who look up at the skies no more thoughtfully than a beast would. Now almost penetrates into the heavens themselves and makes them as it were pay tribute to this, our own realm … But ![]() Paths followed by the heavenly bodies, and their eclipses and other changes, the position of the constellations and theirĭispositions and oppositions, even the number and size of the visible stars and the proportion between them. For with incredible diligence it observes for us the movements and the slow rotations of the heavens, the The fifth lecture theatre is claimed by Astronomy, which is of no less value to the human race than ![]()
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