Ideas of the ancients
EARLY GREEK THINKERS DESCRIBED THE WORLD as a flat disc, circled by a river. Others thought the Earth might be square ancient Peruvians said it was shaped like a box, with a ridged "roof" where the gods lived. From earliest days, people what holds the Earth Even that after they realized that the Earth was the Greeks imagined it was held up by the giant Atlas. In Mexico, Aztec people thought the heavens were held up by four gods. These ideas sound strange to us, because we are brought up on idea that the Earth is a round ball the floating in empty space, but they are all common sense ideas based on everyday experience. The ancients realized that human senses are inadequate to understand the Universe, but they did not have anything better to go on. Time also fascinated ancient thinkers. Some Greeks time as the ultimate judge, who would always discover and avenge any injustice. Some cultures, including the Chinese, Hindus, and some Greek philosophers, imagined time moving in alternating rhythms.
Ideas of the ancients EARLY GREEK THINKERS DESCRIBED THE WORLD as a flat disc, circled by a river. Others thought the Earth might be square ancient Peruvians said it was shaped like a box, with a ridged "roof" where the gods lived. From earliest days, people what holds the Earth Even that after they realized that the Earth was the Greeks imagined it was held up by the giant Atlas. In Mexico, Aztec people thought the heavens were held up by four gods. These ideas sound strange to us, because we are brought up on idea that the Earth is a round ball the floating in empty space, but they are all common sense ideas based on everyday experience. The ancients realized that human senses are inadequate to understand the Universe, but they did not have anything better to go on. Time also fascinated ancient thinkers. Some Greeks time as the ultimate judge, who would always discover and avenge any injustice. Some cultures, including the Chinese, Hindus, and some Greek philosophers, imagined time moving in alternating rhythms.
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