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The "Characters" of Jean de La Bruyère

Note 875 — XVI. OF FREETHINKERS.853

Henri Van Laun translation

Our author argues as if he were no believer in the system of Copernicus (1473-1543), but he only states that the sun appears to move through the firmament, for on page 484 he distinctly mentions that “the earth is carried round the sun.”

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