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ATGs view of the world

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 4:41 am
by chris
Would ATG really have believed the world to be flat? Astronomers in the ancient world at the time, I believe, knew the world to be round - surely this theory would have been known to Aristotle? What do you suppose his perceptions were?Chris

Re: ATGs view of the world

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:29 am
by agesilaos
Eratosthenes showed the world was spherical, but he post-dates Alexander. I think the great man probably was a flat earther.