“These doctors of philosophy never concede the moon to be less polished than a mirror; they want it to be more so, if that can be imagined, for they deem that only perfect shapes can suit perfect bodies. Hence the sphericity of the heavenly globes must be absolute.”
- Galileo, Dialogues
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