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Richard, a Franciscan, tackled two of the big cosmological issues of his day: First, were the heavenly waters fluid or solid? Richard wrote that they must flow. Second, is the world unique? No, said Richard. To deny the potential plurality of worlds would limit God’s omnipotence.
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McColley, G. and Miller, H. W. (1937). Saint Bonaventure, Francis Mayron, William Vorilong, and the Doctrine of a Plurality of Worlds. Speculum 12(3): 386.
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Hockey, T. (2014). Richard of Middleton. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_9117
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