When the Earth Was Flat
Studies in Ancient Greek and Chinese Cosmology
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Beschreibung
This book is a sequel to Heaven and Earth in Ancient Greek Cosmology (Springer 2011). With the help of many pictures, the reader is introduced into the way of thinking of ancient believers in a flat earth. The first part offers new interpretations of several Presocratic cosmologists and a critical discussion of Aristotle’s proofs that the earth is spherical. The second part explains and discusses the ancient Chinese system called gai tian. The last chapter shows that, inadvertently, ancient arguments and ideas return in the curious modern flat earth cosmologies.
This book is a sequel to Heaven and Earth in Ancient Greek Cosmology (Springer 2011). With the help of many pictures, the reader is introduced into the way of thinking of ancient believers in a flat earth. The first part offers new interpretations of several Presocratic cosmologists and a critical discussion of Aristotle’s proofs that the earth is spherical. The second part explains and discusses the ancient Chinese system called gai tian. The last chapter shows that, inadvertently, ancient arguments and ideas return in the curious modern flat earth cosmologies.
Discusses ancient theories of a flat Earth with surprising new insights and interpretations Contrasts early Greek philosophy with ancient Chinese concepts Numerous images visualize ancient cosmology
Autor*in
Dirk L. Couprie
Themen in »When the Earth Was Flat«
Ancient Greek cosmology Ancient Chinese cosmology Flat Earth cosmology Comparative cosmology pre-Socratic cosmology Anaximander Anaximenes Xenophanes Anaxagoras canopy heaven gai tian
Stimmen zu »When the Earth Was Flat«
“Highly specialized and learned exposition much is made of the textual, conceptual, and … relevant literature. The author is also to be congratulated on his clarity and thoroughness.” (David W. Hughes, The Observatory, Vol. 139 (1270), June, 2019)
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