“After a duration of a thousand years, the power of astrology broke down when, with Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo, the progress of astronomy overthrew the false hypothesis upon which its entire structure rested, namely, the geocentric system of the universe. ... the earth revolves in space intervened to upset the complicated play of planetary influences, and the silent stars, relegated to the unfathomable depths of the sky, no longer made their prophetic voices audible to mankind.” YearsMadePlayFactsEarthScienceUniverseStarsVoiceSpaceProgressMysterySkyInfluenceMankindThousandStructureSilentDepthComplicatedAstronomyMysteriousBrokeAnalysisUpsetRelatedThousand YearsMechanicHypothesisAstrologySpectrumCelestialPrestigeDurationPropheticUnfathomableCopernicusKepler Author:Franz Cumont
“True science is at length disencumbered of the empirical determinations which had accumulated in the course of many centuries.” ScienceCoursesCenturyDeterminationAccountsLength Book:Astrology and Religion Source: Astrology and Religion
