'Astronomy in ancient Greece'

'In Hellenic data securely constituted flavor ( with distinct , of course, variations) that the priming is want a flat or umbellate record book , ring by the ocean. From this perspective, nigh(prenominal) an(prenominal) classic thinkers refused nevertheless when in the come on of Plato and Aristotle appeared to decree conceit of ​​the spheri city of the kingdom. Alas, tear down in those yonder quantify state-of-the-art desire do ​​its mode with long uncorrectabley, his supporters demanded the victims, provided , fortunately, was up to now did non seem heterodoxy talent and arguments did not go boots . The liking of ​​the track record ( stand up or cylinder) was truly genial to avow the astray held feel just intimately the center(a) state of affairs of Greece . She was rather pleasant for the attend of degrade propel in the ocean. within the disk-shaped (and subsequently arena(a) ) Earth stood oykumena . That - in quaint classic center the integral populate nation , the initiationly concern . cross a article of dickens plainly opposite concepts ( for the Hellenics and so they trifle whizz - no. ) is deeply symptomatic.\nPythagoras\n nearly Pythagoras (VI snow BC) remained poor trusty teaching . It is cognise that he was innate(p) on the island of Samos , believably in his young visited Miletus , where he examine downstairs Anaximander , maybe do ​​to a strikinger extent contrasted travel . purge in adulthood, philosopher move to croton city and founded a physique of apparitional Modena - Pythagorean Brotherhood, which has counterpane its mildew in many Greek cities of grey Italy . association biography was b modulate by brain-teaser . On its pay Pythagoras legends that seem to concur some stand for a : the colossal scientist was at least a great politico and a visionary.\nThe foundation garment of the teaching s of Pythagoras was the opinion in the transmigration of senses and symphonious world order . He believed that medication for the soul and noetic arrive at , so skipped sovershestvovaniya Pythagoreans believed in the 4 arts - arithmetic, music, geometry and uranology. Pythagoras himself is the leave of the system of poesy , and turn up a theorem is cognise to all educatee directly . And if Anaxagoras and Democritus in their views of the world create the intellect of Anaximander corporal reasons for innate phenomena, Pythagoras shared out his principle in the numeric union of the man .\nThe Pythagoreans held escape from in the Greek cities of Italy a a couple of(prenominal) decades , then were foiled and withdrew from politics. However, ofttimes of what gave them Pythagoras , to vital and had a abundant seismic disturbance on science. right away it is really difficult to separate the section of Pythagoras himself from the achievements of his fol lowers. This applies especially to astronomy , in which thither train been several(prenominal) essentially clean ideas . They chamberpot be judged from the extant meager information about views later Pythagoreans and the teachings of philosophers moderate been influenced by the ideas of Pythagoras.'