“Do there exist many worlds, or is there but a single world? This is one of the most noble and exalted questions in the study of Nature.”

Attributed to Albertus Magnus in: R.C. Bless (1996) Discovering the cosmos. p. 686.

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Dominican friar 1206–1280

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