Descartes received his stimulus from the new physics and astronomy of Copernicus, Galileo, and others.笛卡儿从哥白尼、伽利略等人的新物理学和天文学中得到启发。Copernicus's findings laid the foundations for the later work of Galileo.哥白尼的发现为伽利略后来的研究工作奠定了基础。The revolution of the earth around the sun was proposed by Copernicus.地球围绕太阳旋转这一观点是哥白尼提出的。