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OneThing14: metaphors we have lived by « itsallonething - 0 views

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    Ptolemy's view that the stars are fixed points in the sky and our earth lay at the center of the known universe seemed to verify Aristotle's notion of the universe. We sure thought a lot of ourselves, but it stood to reason at the time.  We couldn't really see too far out from our home.  But the view was so appealing that even the gathering anomalies would not dissuade believers for nearly 1500 years.  On one level, it's comical to consider that humans thought of things in this way, but it is clearly scientifically stout compared to the Genesis account of the firmament.
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