Thomas Aquinas Quotes:
Ocupation: Priest
Life: January 28, 1225 - March 7, 1274
Birthday: January 28
Death: March 7
If... the motion of the earth were circular, it would be violent and contrary to nature, and could not be eternal, since ... nothing violent is eternal .... It follows, therefore, that the earth is not moved with a circular motion.
source: "Commentaria in libros Aristotelis de caelo et mundo". Book by Thomas Aquinas, 1886.
topic: Would Be, Earth, Violent, Circular Motion
