The Plurality of Worlds

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Brian Stableford. The Plurality of Worlds

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PART ONE

THE ETHERSHIP

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“There’s nothing in the moons of Jupiter to frighten a pious man,” Raleigh observed, dryly, “and infinite space is no more visible than finite space.”

“The pope has no need to deny the infinity of space,” de Vere put in, striking back at Raleigh’s presumption of superior knowledgeability. “It’s not a Copernican doctrine. Nicholas of Cusa proposed it, on the grounds that God’s creative power could not be limited. He argued for the plurality of worlds on exactly the same basis.”

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