The Fixed Idea of Astronomical Theory We May in Thought Pursue a Train of Hypothese and Suppositions, But They Do Not Thereby Acquire Reality; Still, in a Normal Condition of the Human Intelled, It Is Impossible to Conceive That Any Thing Can Exist and N

Excerpt from The Fixed Idea of Astronomical Theory: We May in Thought Pursue a Train of Hypothese and Suppositions, but They Do Not Thereby Acquire Reality; Still, in a Normal Condition of the Human Intelled, It Is Impossible to Conceive That Any Thing Can Exist and Not Exist at the Same Time
To remove misunderstanding, we must remark, that in our pamphlets we do not attack practical astronomy, which, with the excellent instruments at its command, has attained a high perfection. We do but reject the present astronomical view of the world along with the Copernican hypothesis. According to the hypothesis of Copernicus, the sun is fixed in the centre of the universe; observations prove, however, that he is not fixed, but moves. Now, if we know, that the sun moves, why are we always to treat him "as at rest?" On this account astronomers are bound to give a rational explanation.
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