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part of a history of astronomy.
In conclusion, let us bear in mind the
limited point of view of the ancients when
we try to estimate their merit. Let us re-
member that the first astronomy was of two
dimensions; the second astronomy was of
three dimensions, but still purely geometri-
cal. Since Kepler’s day we have had a dy-
namical astronomy.
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