The word "universe" means the general assemblage of all nature, and it also means the heaven that is made up of the constellations and the courses of the stars. (Vitruvius)

The word "universe" means the general assemblage of all nature, and it also means the heaven that is made up of the constellations and the courses of the stars.

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