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Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds.
1686 essay by Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
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Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds is a work of astronomical and philosophical popular science in the form of a dialogue, published anonymously in 1686 and attributed to Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle. The text presents the astronomical theories of René Descartes and Nicolaus Copernicus through conversations between a narrator and a marquise, divided into six evenings and preceded by a preface and a dedication To Monsieur L***.
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