>>10230221>ScientismYes, Culture is fine. Just like the Church is fine. Solace if fine.
>Kepler, moving beyond geometry, into the domain ofphysics, discovered the form in which the motion along the orbit
expresses the unseen physical principle at every moment. Kepler had found out he was wrong in the small, by 8' of arc. But
in order to correct his error, he had to know the whole orbit.
Working on calculating the motion of the Earth, Kepler,
in Chapter 32 of the New Astronomy, derives the principle that
the time needed to traverse an arc of the orbit is proportional to
the distance from the sun, stating: “But since[the daily arc of the
eccentric at aphelion] and [the daily arc of the eccentric at perihelion] are taken as minimal arcs, they do not differ appreciably
from straight lines.” Why did he do this? Kepler was the first
to discover the principles of planetary motion. They were not
self-evident! In order to know the whole orbit, he had to discover the relationship expressed at each moment. Thus, in
thinking how to represent a path that reflects the power of the
Sun, he conceived of the idea of using “minimal arcs” that represent moments of a process of continual change along the orbit.48 Kepler was able to determine the whole orbit by
understanding the relationship expressed in the smallest possible
