what can we learn from nicolaus copernicus ?
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Very important
Decided many things
Could ban books
Could judge people
The role of the Church
3Pope Paul III (1534-1549)
1473-1543
Born in Torun (Poland)
Travelled a lot
Was expected to have a career in the Church
Nicolaus Copernicus
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First theory was not
consistent.
New theory
« the ballet of the planets »
For him, not against the Church doctrine
His discovery
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Aristarchus Leonardo da Vinci
Would have been a big
shock
Wrote in Latin. Did not want to publish
Died the day the day hesaw the first printed copy.
His book : The Revolution
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Placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum
Followed by Galileo and Kepler
450 years to be accepted
And then ?
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Galileo Kepler
« 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
What can we learn fromhim ?
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Find a self-limiting belief.
When did I form this belief ?
What make me think this istrue ?
How does it affect mybehaviour ?
If I let go this self-limitingbelief, how might it change my life ?
A little exercise
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