An idea from Guide for the Perplexed

The astronomy of the day had planets circling empty points, which its own physics called impossible. Admitting that beats faking a proof: “It is on account of my great love of truth that I have shown my embarrassment in these matters.” Copernicus, Kepler and Newton later replaced that whole sky.

From Guide for the Perplexed by Moses Maimonides

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