One of the great themes of our intellectual history is the overthrow of the geocentric perspective. However, the geocentric view happens to be wrong. Furthermore, the geocentric perspective reinforced those philosophical and religious systems that taught the unique role of human beings as the central focus of the cosmos. After all, it is simple, logical, and seemingly self-evident. This geocentric (Earth-centered) view was what almost everyone believed until the European Renaissance. Our senses suggest to us that Earth is the center of the universe-the hub around which the heavens turn. Understand the modern meaning of the term constellation.Describe how motions of the Sun, Moon, and planets appear to us on Earth.Describe how motions of the stars appear to us on Earth.Explain the system astronomers use to describe the sky.Define the main features of the celestial sphere.She needs Finn and his group of rogue friends just as much as they need her.By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Wanted by the Church and hunted by dark forces, Nina knows she can't survive on her own. But what kind of exorcist wears a hoodie? To keep them both alive, Nina will need to trust Finn, a fugitive with deep green eyes who has already saved her life once and who might just be an exorcist. And Mellie's sin has put her in serious trouble. Because in New Temperance, sins are prosecuted as crimes by the brutal Church and its army of black-robed exorcists. When Nina discovers that Mellie is keeping a secret that threatens their very existence, she'll do anything to protect her. They gave up on their deadbeat mom a long time ago.
Watching over her younger sister, Mellie, and scraping together food and money are all that matters. Her town's population has been decimated by soul-consuming demons, and souls are in short supply. Sixteen-year-old Nina Kane should be worrying about her immortal soul, but she's too busy trying to actually survive.
0 kommentar(er)
