In 1609, Fabricius confirmed that Myra Cetaei was a periodic variable star, showing that, contrary to the prevailing Greek philosophy that the cosmos was unchanging, stars were not constant.

1609年， Fabricius确认Myra Cetaei是一颗周期性星，表明与当时流腊哲学认为宇宙点相反，恒星并是恒定。

Metaphysics insisted on treating the universe as one thought or treating thought as one universe; and philosophers agreed, like a kinetic gas, that the universe could be known only as motion of mind, and therefore as unity.

形而上学坚持将宇宙视为一个思想或将思想视为一个宇宙； 哲学家们一致认为， 宇宙只能作为思维运动而被认识， 因此是统一。