Famous people and their quotes. Part hundred nine.

                                                                  Tycho Brahe.

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“With a firm and steadfast mind one should hold under all conditions, that everywhere the earth is below and the sky above, and to the energetic man, every region is his fatherland.”

“Now it is quite clear to me that there are no solid spheres in the heavens, and those that have been devised by the authors to save the appearances, exist only in the imagination.”

“I conclude, therefore, that this star is not some kind of comet or a fiery meteor... but that it is a star shining in the firmament itself one that has never previously been seen before our time, in any age since the beginning of the world.”

Source of information:

https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/tycho-brahe-quotes   

Great people: Leon Battista Alberti.

Leon Battista Alberti was an Italian scientist, artist, writer, philosopher, and architect.

He was born on February 14, 1404, in Genoa, Italy.

Alberti's movement was in Italian Renaissance.

He had his own notable works.

Leon Battista Alberti died on April 25, 1472, in Rome, Italy.

Famous people and their quotes. Part hundred four.

                                                    Johannes Kepler.

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“Nature uses as little as possible of anything.”

“I demonstrate by means of philosophy that the earth is round, and is inhabited on all sides; that it is insignificantly small, and is borne through the stars.”

“Planets move in ellipses with the Sun at one focus.”

Source of information:

https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/johannes-kepler-quotes  

Great people: Ptolemy.

Claudius Ptolemy (Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος) (Claudius Ptolemaeus) was a scientist. He studied different fields, such as: mathematics, astronomy, astrology (ἀστρολογία), geography.

Ptolemy was born in Egypt, Roman Empire, c. 100 AD.

Claudius Ptolemy influenced science and scientists.

He died in Alexandria, Egypt, Roman Empire, c. 170 AD.

Great people: Giordano Bruno.

 Giordano Bruno was an Italian scientist and philosopher. He was born in 1548, in Italy.

 

Bruno’s era was Renaissance. 

He studied space and our Solar System.

 

Giordano Bruno died on February 17, 1600, in Rome.

Famous people and their quotes. Part seventy three.

                                                                    Ptolemy.

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“Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth.”

“Everything that is hard to attain is easily assailed by the generality of men.” 

Source of information:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/245826.Ptolemy#:~:text=%E2%80%9CMortal%20as%20I%20am%2C%20I,no%20longer%20touch%20the%20earth.%E2%80%9D&text=born%20for%20a%20day.,-But%20when%20I

and 

https://quotes.thefamouspeople.com/claudius-ptolemy-526.php

Great people: Arthur Schopenhauer.

Arthur Schopenhauer was known as a German philosopher. He was born on February 22, 1788, in Gdańsk, Poland. His parents were Heinrich Floris and Johanna Schopenhauer.

Arthur Schopenhauer studied in several universities.

He was interested in ethics, psychology, morality, metaphysics, and aesthetics.

Schopenhauer had his own ideas.

He died on September 21, 1860, in Frankfurt, Germany.

Famous people and their quotes. Part seventy one.

                                                              Giordano Bruno.

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“It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.”

“I await your sentence with less fear than you pass it. The time will come when all will see what I see.”

“The Divine Light is always in man, presenting itself to the senses and to the comprehension, but man rejects it.”

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Famous peple and their quotes. Part sixty six.

                                                        Blaise Pascal.

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“People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.”

“To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher.”

“You always admire what you really don't understand.”

“Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.”

“In difficult times carry something beautiful in your heart.”

“Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.”

“Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.”

“To understand is to forgive.”

“The more I see of Mankind, the more I prefer my dog.”

Source of information:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/10994.Blaise_Pascal and https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/10994.Blaise_Pascal?page=2

Famous people and their quotes. Part sixty one.

                                                                    Thales.

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“What man is happy? He who has a healthy body, a resourceful mind, and a docile nature.”

“Intellect is the swiftest of things, for it runs through everything.”

“The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.”

Source of information:

https://quotes.thefamouspeople.com/thales-263.php

Great people: Archimedes.

 Archimedes of Syracuse (Ἀρχιμήδης;) was a Greek scientist. He was interested in mathematics (μᾰθημᾰτικά), geometry (γεωμετρία,), astronomy (ἀστρονομία), engineering, philosophy, and physics (φυσική). 

Archimedes was born on c. 287 B. C., in Sicily. Also, he lived there. Archimedes studied in Alexandria.

This scientist made many important things for science in ancient Greece. There is the Archimedes' principle "Any object, totally or partially immersed in a fluid or liquid, is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object." There is a formula bout this principle.

Archimedes said "Eureka!" when he understood it.

"Give me a lever and a place to stand, and i'll move the world" (δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσω) his quote, too.

Archimedes created different scientific writings.

He died on c. 212 B. C., in Sicily.

Famous people and their quotes. Part fifty six.

                                                 Archimedes.

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“Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth.”

“Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its own beauty.”

“He who knows how to speak, knows also when.”

Source of information:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/661188.Archimedes#:~:text=%E2%80%9CGive%20me%20a%20place%20to,I%20will%20move%20the%20earth.%E2%80%9D&text=%E2%80%9CGive%20me%20but%20a%20firm,I%20shall%20move%20the%20earth.%E2%80%9D&text=%E2%80%9CGive%20me%20a%20place%20to%20stand%2C%20and%20a%20lever%20long,I%20will%20move%20the%20world.%20%E2%80%9D&text=%E2%80%9CGive%20me%20a%20lever%20long,I%20shall%20move%20the%20world.%20%E2%80%9D

Great people: Euclid.

 Euclid (Εὐκλείδης) was a mathematician in ancient Greece. Euclid of Alexandria was born in mid-4th century BC.

Also, he was known as the "father of geometry". Because Euclid made many things for this science.

He lived in Alexandria. Euclid created many different works about mathematics, algebra, and geometry. There is Euclidean geometry.

Now Euclid's works studied in schools and universities. 

Euclid, the Greek mathematician died in mid-3rd century BC.

Famous people and their quotes. Part fifty.

                                                   Euclid.

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“What has been affirmed without proof can also be denied without proof.”

“The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God.”

“Handwriting is a spiritual designing, even though it appears by means of a material instrument.”

Source of information:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/125792.Euclid

Great people: Thales.

Thales of Miletus (Θαλῆς ὁ Μιλήσιος) was born in c. 626 B. C. He was known as a scientist in Ancient Greece.

Thales was interested in astronomy, mathematics, geometry, ethics, and philosophy.

He visited other countries.

Thales had his own ideas. Thales' theorem is one of them.

Thales of Miletus did many important things for different sciences.

He died in c. 548 B. C.

Great people: Pythagoras.

Pythagoras of Samos (Πυθαγόρας ὁ Σάμιος) was known as ancient Greek philosopher and scientist. He was born in c. 570 B. C., on Samos island.

Pythagoras studied mathematics. Also, he created Pythagorean theorem. The three sides of a right triangle, the sum of the squares of the lengths of the cathetus is equal to the square of the length of the hypothenuse. They were written in Pythagorean equation:

a² + b² = c²

Also, Pythagoras of Samos visited Egypt. He found wisdom in this place. Pythagoras took part in Olympic games.

He had many important philosophical ideas. Pythagoras influenced other scientists in Ancient Greece.

Pythagoras of Samos died in c. 495 B. C.

Famous people and their quotes. Part forty four.

                                                                           Pythagoras.

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“It is better to be silent, than to dispute with the Ignorant.

“Friendship is one soul in two bodies.”

“Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.”

Source of information:

https://www.azquotes.com/author/11949-Pythagoras

Great people: Galileo Galilei.

Galileo Galilei was born on Frebruary 15, 1584, in Pisa. His parents were Vincenzo Galilei and Giulia di Cosimo Ammannati.

The future scientist studied different sciences, such as: mathematics, astronomy, physics, and philosophy. Galilei studied in different institutions.

The scientist did a lot of important things for study of planets. His beliefs were different from society of that time.

Galilei died on January 8, 1642, in Arcetri.

Famous people and their quotes. Part forty.

                                                Hippocrates.

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“Walking is man’s best medicine.”

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”

“Make a habit of two things, to help; or at least to do no harm.”

“Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.”

Source of information:

https://www.biography.com/scholar/hippocrates

Great people: Hippocrates.

Hippocrates of Kos or Hippocrates II was a scientist in Ancient Greece. He was born in c. 460 B. C. His father was Heraclides.

Philosopler studied medicine during the Classical Greek era. Hippocrates wrote about this science. He did many important things for medicine. Also, scientist was known as The Father of Western Medicine. Hippocratic Oath is a doctor's oath.

Greek scientist studied phycics, philosophy, and writing, too. Hippocrates started treating diseases. Plato and Aristotle wrote about this doctor.

Hippocrates died in c. 370 B. C.