“The Earth is cylindrical, three times as wide as it is deep, and only the upper part is inhabited. But this Earth is isolated in space, and the sky is a complete sphere in the center of which is located, unsupported, our cylinder, the Earth, situated at an equal distance from all the points of the sky.”
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Anaximander
Anaximander, born in 610 BC and died in 546 BC, was an early Greek philosopher known as one of the pioneers of natural philosophy. His ideas had a profound impact on subsequent philosophers, particularly his concepts of the origin of the universe and infinity. more
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