bullshit to the finest Aristotle His primary evidence was based neither on philosophy or science but rather religion This, however, this was not the most groundbreaking theory. Aristotle took an idea first considered but never pursued by Pythagoras, that the world was spherical. He had several reasons for concluding this fact. His primary evidence was based neither on philosophy or science but rather religion. He though that if God were to create and object he would make it entirely symmetrical and perfectly formed as a sphere.[1] This evidence was backed up by other observations, such as the curved shadow on the moon when lunar eclipses occurred and ‘Every portion of the Earth tends toward the center until by compression and convergence they form a sphere.’(de Caelo 297a9-21). Furthermore, Aristotle’s theory of a round earth explained the way in which constellations moved up or down when tracking the latitude of the Earth. Aristotle’s reputation preceded him, and his word was gospel truth, thus explaining the endurance of his theory. mitu-bobs.blogspot.ca/2011_02_01_archive.html
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