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Appendix IX. Copernicus’s Understanding Of Ptolemy

André Goddu

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This section presents an appendix of Copernicus's understanding of Ptolemy. The book Copernicus and the Aristotelian Tradition: Education, Reading, and Philosophy in Copernicus's Path to Heliocentrism offers a comprehensive re-evaluation of Copernicus's achievement, and explains his commitment to the uniform, circular motions of celestial bodies, and his views about hypotheses.Keywords: Aristotelian tradition; Copernicus's achievement; heliocentrism; Ptolemy

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Key concepts: Copernicus, Ptolemy's table of chords, Section (typography), Philosophy, Classics, Epistemology, Physics, History