To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.
Nicolaus Copernicus Quotes
Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at rest in the middle of the heavens as its center, would, I reflected, regard it as an insane pronouncement if I made the opposite assertion that the earth moves.
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| Birth: | 19th February, 1473 |
| Death: | 24th May, 1543 |
| Nationality: | Polish |
| Profession: | Artist, Astronomer, Economist, Mathematician, Physician |
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