Johannes Kepler in: Vincent Wilmot New Science Theory, Lulu.com (2019), p. 68.
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My aim is to say that the machinery of the heavens is not like a divine animal but like a clock (and anyone who believes a clock has a soul gives the work the honour due to its maker) and that in it almost all the variety of motions is from one very simple magnetic force acting on bodies, as in the clock all motions are from a very simple weight.

— Johannes Kepler on Magnetism

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "My aim is to say that the machinery of the heavens is not like a divine animal but like a clock (and anyone who believes a clock has a soul gives the work the honour due to its maker) and that in it almost all the variety of motions is from one very simple magnetic force acting on bodies, as in the clock all motions are from a very simple weight." in the context of "Johannes Kepler in: Vincent Wilmot New Science Theory, Lulu.com (2019), p. 68." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Johannes Kepler

About Johannes Kepler

Johannes Kepler (December 27 1571 – November 15 1630) was a German Lutheran mathematician, astronomer and astrologer, and a key figure in the 17th century astronomical revolution. He is best known for his laws of planetary motion, which provided one of the foundations of Isaac Newton's law of universal gravitation.