"For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them."
— Nicolaus Copernicus
For I Am Not So Enamoured
For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them.
About this quote
Nicolaus Copernicus wrote this in his dedication to Pope Paul III in De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (1543), acknowledging that his heliocentric model would face opposition. He had hesitated to publish for decades — some accounts say thirty years — partly from fear of ridicule. The dedication frames the work as a humble contribution to knowledge rather than a definitive claim, a rhetorical strategy designed to soften the theological and philosophical challenge his model presented.
Source
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, Dedication to Pope Paul III, 1543
