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- Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:20 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: To the ends of the Earth? What ends?
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To the ends of the Earth? What ends?
Aristotle knew the earth was spherical ( De caelo ). Presumably he would have taught his students the same. Why, then, is it repeatedly quoted that Alexander sought the "ends of the world and the Great Outer Sea" (wiki, and others)? What is the SOURCE for this? It is always in quotes, but ...