Beyond the Pillars of Hercules: A new Philosophy of Science

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Plato & Ptolemy had a geocentric view of the universe. What das that mean?

It means they thought that the earth was the centre of the universe, where all other planets, stars and moons orbited around.

Who made the geocentric view of the universe by Plato and Ptolemy fit with Christian Theology?

Thomas Aquinas (1225 - 1274)
A priest, philosopher and theologian.

  • What was the name of the man who concluded from his observations that the earth orbited the sun rather than the other way around
  • And when did he live?

  • Nicolaus Copernicus
  • 1473 - 1543

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