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    HOW THE ANCIENT GREEKS PROVED EARTH

    WASN'T FLAT
    Astronomy is a major influence to the development of
    Physics. That is why you need to learn about ancient
    Greek philosophy, cosmology and astronomy.
    Greeks divided the universe into domains

    • CELESTIAL
    • TERRESTRIAL
    CELESTIAL DOMAIN
    Observations leading to the belief
    that the Earth is round.
    hadow on the moon's surface

    Observing lunar eclipses


    when the earth blocks the sun from the moon,
    casting its round shadow on the moon's
    surface
    measuring the length of the
    shadows cast by identical poles
    perpendicular to a flat surface that
    is tangential to the earth's radius at
    various, distant locations.
    If the earth is flat, then the lengths of all
    the shadows should be identical when
    measured simultaneously, since all rays
    of sunlight that strike the earth are
    parallel
    Universe is mathematical; mathematics as the best way to
    express truth about the Universe; Sun, moon and Earth are
    spherical; placed Earth as the center of the Universe
    He explained the shadows as his description or framework on how to look at
    the Universe, in particular that the daily and annual patterns of the sky must
    have a greater reality besides its appearance.
    Followed previous models of the universe but added
    auxiliary spheres to provide appropriate tilt to the planets’
    path
    two-domain system with terrestrial domain containing four
    elements that tries to attain perfection by being in their
    natural location relative to the center of the Universe: the
    center of the Earth. He was a learner of Plato
    Annual motion of the sky
    As the earth orbits the Sun, the Sun appears to
    move eastward with respect to the stars. The Sun
    circles the celestial sphere once every year.
    Modern scientists know these patterns are
    produced because the Earth spins on its own
    axis and revolves around the sun. In contrast,
    ancient observers created many myths and
    legends about these stars and planets to
    explain the regularity of the patterns in the sky.
    TERRESTRIAL
    Earth and their motion are constantly changing.
    Constant change is brought about by
    disintegration or corruption of things into more
    basic parts, and the need for constant intervention
    that keep things from their original state or
    condition.
    The Greeks were able to formulate many theories of the
    sky and of the Earth based on observation of natural
    phenomena such as the theory of Pythagoras, Socrates,
    Plato, Eudoxus and Aristotle as among those that were
    convincing and useful. The Ancient Greek philosophers
    differentiated between the movement of objects on Earth
    and of objects in the Sky. They came up with what we now
    refer to as the “two-domain view” of the universe.
    ELEMENTS AND MOTION
    • Fire – alteration • Ether – perfect motion ;
    • Air – natural motion circular and constant
    speed
    • Water - violent motion
    • Earth - stable
    CELESTIAL
    • The Celestial domain is perfect hence can
    only be made up of the perfect substance
    they called “ether” and can only move in
    perfect motion: circular in path and
    constant in speed.
    TERRESTRIAL
    • The terrestrial domain objects are imperfect and
    that the tendency of things to attain perfection is
    the cause of their motion.
    • Meanwhile, they also believed that things,
    depending on their composition of the
    elements — fire, air, water, and earth — tend
    to move towards the center of the Universe
    (center of the Earth) or away from it with
    earth, naturally, as at the center. Fire and
    water naturally move away from the center.

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