The Ancient Greeks
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Aristotle Round Earth Proofs
There are three proofs Aristotle gave for the supposed rotundity of the earth. They are:
- Ships appear to sink as they recede past the horizon
- the shadow on the moon during a Lunar Eclipse is round
- The southern constellations of the night sky appear to rise as you travel southwards
Continuous Universe
The Ancient Greeks believed in a Continuous Universe. Their concept of a perfect universe assumes:
- That perfect circles can exist
- That one could zoom into a circle forever and see a curve
- That any length of space can be divided into infinitely smaller parts
- That the space can be infinitely long
- Time can likewise be infinitely divided, or infinitely long
- The Perspective Lines receded infinitely and continuously into the distance