Thalétova Země plovoucí na vodě

Aristotle, as well some other ancient scholars, ascribe to Thales of Miletus the conception Earth floating on water. Current researchers tend view this ascription well-founded, but there are reasons suppose that it does not reflect Thales’s authentic views. To wit, already in antiquity were doubts regarding existence treatise. Reports which describe his views shape and substance heavenly bodies consist are, moreover, provably based much later concepts. Above all, archaic Ionian cosmologies tended earth lower boundary universe a cosmic body, Earth, might need external physical support. Aside from that, is likely notion resting water was Near Eastern origin. When Aristotle claims oldest at disposal, he may have anachronically ascribed Thales, whom considered one thinkers Greek philosophical tradition. cosmology thus influenced by conceptions