First of all, we must note that the universe is spherical.
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For a traveler going from any place toward the north, that pole of the daily rotation gradually climbs higher, while the opposite pole drops down an equal amount.
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Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars.
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Those things which I am saying now may be obscure, yet they will be made clearer in their proper place.
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The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the moon with the arc of a perfect circle.
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I shall now recall to mind that the motion of the heavenly bodies is circular, since the motion appropriate to a sphere is rotation in a circle.
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